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[0033] getting..then die of shame..crawl back in..once or twice
a year..always winter some strange reason..long hourse of
hours of darkness..now this..this..quicker and quicker..
the words..the bt^rain..flickering away like mad..quick
grab and on..nothing there..on somewhere else..try some-
where else..

[0034] all the time something begging..something in
her begging..begging it all to stop..unanswered..prayer
unanswered..or unheard..too faint..so on..keep on..trying..
not knowing what..what she was trying..what to try..whole
body like gone..just the mouth..like maddened..so on..

[0034] keep - ^p ..what?..the buzzing?..yes..all the time the buzzing..
dull roar..like falls..in the skull..and the beam..poking
around..painless..so far..ha!..so far..all that..keep on..
not knowing what..what she was - ^p ..what?..who?..what?..no..^..
no!^..she!..SHE! ^P ..(pause)..what she was trying..what to try..no
matter..keep on..[0035](curtain starts down)..hit on it in the
end..then back..God is love..tender mercies..new every
morning..back in the field..April morning..face in the
grass..nothing but the larks..pick it up -

[0036] Curtain fully down. House dark. Voice continues behind
curtain, unintelligible, 10 seconds, ceases as house
lights up
.

[0037] Note 1
Movement: this consists in simple ^slight sideways raising of
arms from sides and their falling back^. with if feasible
just audible thud of hands on thighs. It lessens with
each recurrence till scarcely perceptible at third. There
is just enough pause to contain it as MOUTH recovers from
vehements refusal to relinquish third person.

[0038] Note 2
"any" pronounce "anny"
"baby" pronounce "babby"
"either" pronounce "eether"
for example.