Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Not I / Pas moi

MS-TCD-4664

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Addition 1
Ex. of I Near xxx x Coming up to the end alone quite still on her back her head
on the pillow under the light, the eyes -
(Pause.) Closed mostly, then suddenly open
wide and gaze up unblinking half a
minute forty seconds.
(Pause.) Undazzled.
(Pause.) Alone quite still face and body
body & face, only the eyes.
(Pause.)

The pillow for the head. (Pause.) Alone quite
still body & face, only the eyes.
(Pause.)
Closed mostly. (Pause.) Near Coming up to her end.
(Pause.) Oh time giver of light -
(Pause.) Oh time when we come to this
and then the dark where she was laid
so young so long ago this prayer giver
of light and taker of it away this
prayer again take it away.
(Pause,
4 seconds. Tears, 8 seconds. Pause, 4 seconds.
)
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Addition 2
Her voice. (Pause. Imitating Assuming voice ), low, fast,
breathless
.)
Ah you and your living, will
you stop talking to me about living.

(Pause with panting (Panting.) What else am
I doing only living, what else do you call
this I'm doing only living.
(Panting.)
Is it because I'm sitting here quiet
with my thoughts - (panting) - not
whining for anything and not pawing
over anything - (panting) - that I
amn't living?
(Normal voice.) Her thoughts
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Doodle 3
Categories:
Organism, Plant, Flower
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Doodle 4
Categories:
Symbol, Number
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Doodle 5
Categories:
Symbol, Number, Shape, Hatching
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Doodle 6
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Doodle 7
Categories:
Shape, Circle, Ink blot
Transcription
  • Marginal Additions
  • Doodles