Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Molloy

MS-WU-MSS008-3-50-2

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[2929] where I put my legs. [2930] Since your dinner is uneatable, I said, be good
enough to prepare [me] a packet of sandwiches, with the chicken you couldn't
finish.
[2931] My son came back at last. [2932] That's all the thanks you get for
having a minute thermometer.
[2933] He handed it to me. [2934] Did you have time to
wipe it? I said.
[2935] Seeing me asquint at the mercury he went to the door and
switched on the light.

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[2936] How remote Youdi was at that instant. [2937] Sometimes
in the winter, coming home harassed and weary after a day[']soof fruitless
errands, I would find my slippers warming in front of the fire, the uppers
turned to the flame.
[2938] He had a temperature. [2939] There's nothing wrong with
you, I said.
[2940] May I go up? he said. [2941] What for? I said. [2942] To lie down, he
said.
[2943] Was not this the desired []providential hindrance for which I could not be held
responsible?
[2944] Doubtless, but I did not []would never dare invoke it.

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[2945] I was not going to
expose myself to thunderbolts which might be fatal, simply because my son
had the gripes.
[2946] If he fell seriously ill on the way, it would be another
matter.
[2947] It was not for nothing I had studied the old testament. [2948] Hagve you
shat, my child, I said gently.
[2949] I've tried, he said. [2950] Do you want to, I
said.
[2951] Yes, he said. [2952] But nothing comes, I said. [2953] No, he said. [2954] A little
wind, I said.
[2955] Yes, he said. [2956] Suddenly I remembered Father Ambrose's cigar.

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[2957] I lit it. [2958] We'll see what we can do, I said, getting up. [2959] We went upstairs.
[2960] I gave him an enema, with salt water. [2961] He struggled, but not for long. [2962] I
withdrew the nozzele.
[2963] Try and hold it, I said, don't stay sitting on the
pot, lie flat on your stomach.
[2964] We were in the bathroom. [2965] He lay down on
the tiles, his big fat bottom sticking up.
[2966] Let it soak well in, I said.

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[2967] What a day. [2968] I looked at the ash on my cigar. [2969] It was firm and blue. [2970] I
sat down on the edge of the bath.
[2971] The porcelain, the mirrors, the
chromium, instilled a great peace within me.
[2972] At least I suppose it was
they.
[2973] It wasn't a great peace in any case. [2974] I got up, laid down my cigar
and brushed my incisors.
[2975] I also brushed the back gums. [2976] I looked at myself,

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