Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Not I / Pas moi

MS-TCD-4664

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Segment 1

1hrs. silence in a month
24 hr. silence in 12 months
= 2 hr. silence in 1 month
= 2/30 hr. silence in 1 day

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Segment 2

1/15 hour = 4 minutes
               = 240 seconds

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Segment 3

80 pauses of 3 seconds per day
80/24 pauses of 3 seconds per hour
=10/3  3 ½ pauses of 3 seconds per hour

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Segment 4

120 pauses of 2 seconds perday
120/24 pauses of 2 seconds per hour
5 pauses of 2 seconds per hour
50 pauses of 2 seconds per [hour] = 10 days silence in year?

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Segment 5

10 hr in 12 [m.]
12 [hr in 12 m]
[1]        -     [.]
240  m. in 12 -
20    [h]   in   1
20/30 [h]   . 1 day
40    m.  . 1 day
[40/24]40 10 /246 x 60 10/24 6 secs - 1 hr
100 secs                            -      hr
= 50 pauses of 2 secs per hour

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Segment 6


120 [sec] per hr
= 2 min. per hr
48 min. per day
= [xxx] per day 4 /246 x 365/246 days per year
= 48/60 hr. per day
= 48/60 x 365/60 hr. per yr.
= 48 2 x 365                  12_
   60   x   [24] days    60)730

Pause [of] 2 seconds every minute = [xx] 12 days
silence in year

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Addition 1
40 10 /246 x 60 10/24 6 secs
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Doodle 1
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Doodle 2
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