Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Molloy

MS-BRML-NWWR-2-38

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[0443] sergeahnt, it's the same district. [0444] I took advantage of the silence
which followed these kind words to turn towards[] the window, blindly
or nearly so, for I had closed my eyes, proffering to that blandness
of blue and gold my face and neck alone, and my mind empty, too, or
nearly, for I must have benen wondering if I did not feel like sitting
down, after such a long time standing, and remembering what I had
learnt in that connection, namely that the sitting posture was not
for me any more, because of my short, stiff leg, and that there were
only two postures for me, the vertical, drooping between my crutches,
sleeping on my feet, and the horizontal, down on the ground.

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[0445] YAnd
yet the desire to sit down came upon me from time to time, came back
upon me from a vanished world.
[0446] And I did not always resist it,
forewarned though I was.

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[0447] Yes, my mind felt it surely, this tiny
sediment, incomprehensibly stirring like grit at the bottom of a
puddle, while on my face and great big Adam's apple the air of summer
weighed and the splendid summer sky.
[0448] And suddently I remembered
my name, Molloy.
[0449] My name is Molloy, I cried, all of a sudden , now
I remember.

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[0450] Nothering compelled me to give this information, but I
gave it, hoping to please I suppose.
[0451] They let me keep my hat on, I
don't know why.
[0452] Is it your mother's name, said the sergeant, it
must have been a sergeant.
[0453] Molloy, I cried, my name is mMOlloy. [0454] Is
that your mother's name, said the sergeant.
[0455] What? I said. [0456] Your
name is Molloy, said the sergeant.
[0457] Yes, I said, now I remember,.[x]

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[0458] And your mother? said the sergeant. [0459] I didn't follow. [0460] Is your
mother's name Molloy, too:? said the sergeant.
[0467] I thouhght it over.
[0468] Your mother, said the sergeant, is your mother's --[] [0469] Let me think"!
I cried
[0470] At least I imagine that's how it was. [0471] Take your time, said
the sergeant.
[0472] Was mother's name Molloy. [0473] Very likely. [0474] Her name must
be Molloy, too, I said.
[0475] They took me away, to the guard-room I

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