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[0013]
or the machine more likely ... so
disconnected ... never got the message ...
or could not respond ... like numbed ...
paralysed ... could not make the
sound ... not a sound ... no calling
for help ... no sound at all ... all dead for example ...
still silent as the grave ...
should she feel inclined ... xxx at ... call ...
no ... all silent as the grave ...
then listen ... (silence pause) call again ... listen again
(silence pause) ... no ... all silent as the grave ...
F
[0024]
and can't stop ... no stopping it! ...
just as a moment before ... a moment! ...
she couldn't make a sound ... no
sound of any kind ... now can't stop ..
imagine ... can't stop the flow! ...
[0025] the whole brain begging ... begging the mouth
to shut ... [⁁].. pause a moment .. if only for a moment ...[⁁] and no response ... as though
it hadn't heard ... or couldn't ...
couldn't pause an instant ... like maddened ...
G
[0026]
... a few steps then stop [⁁]dead ... stare into space ...
move on a few more ... stop and stare
again ... then the time she cried ... the
one time she could remember ... must
have cried as a baby ... perhaps not ...
not indispensable essential to life ... just the birth cry
and then no to get her breathing ... then
no more till this ...
H
[0033]
.. and all getting faster quicker ... all slowly faster quicker ...
the words ... the brain ... flickering
away like mad ... quick xxx xx grab and
on ... xxx nothing there ... on somewhere
else ... try something else somewhere
else ...
[0034] and all the time something
begging ... something in her begging ...
some part of the brain ... begging it
all to stop ... unanswered ... prayer
unanswered ... or unheard ... too
faint ... so on ...
[0037]
Movement (Note)
[0037] This consists in simple sideways raising
of [⁁]hidden arms clear of sides and their
falling back with if possible just
audible thud of hands on thighs.
It is less at lessens with each recurrence
and imperc till scarcely per-
ceptible at third. There is
just enough silence to pause
to contain it as MOUTH
recovers from vehement
refusal to abandon relinquish
third person.
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