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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 btrain..flickering away like mad..quick grab and on..nothing there..on somewhere else..try somewhere 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..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.

<sup>[0007] consider pause for mouth
to stare in space for after
"stare into space" - "stop
& stare again". - once or
throughout.

[0036] For ad lib after curtain down: "..there..get on with it from there etc.
[0004] For ad lib before curtain up: ? "..whole body like gone..</sup>

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