Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
That Time / Cette fois

MS-UoR-1639

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[0015] when was that

1 A1 that time .. when was that
[0016] 2 C1 when you went .. when was that
[0017] 3 B1 on the stone .. no sound
[0018] 4 A2 straight off .. someone's folly
[0018] 5 C2 was yr. mother .. dying away
[0020] 6 B2 all still .. that scene
[0021] 7 A3 Foley was it .. picture book
[0022] 8 C3 till you lifted ... at yr. elbow
[0023] 9 B3 on the stone .. long white hair
[0024] 1110 C4 never the same .. never the same after that
[0025] 1011 A4 or talking .. looking for you
[0026] 1211 B4 or by the window .. the shroud

[0030] 13 C5 never the same .. another time
[0031] 14 B5 muttering that time .. see it no more
[0032] 15 A5 that time .. began to dawn
[0033] 16 C6 when you began .. closing time
[0034] 17 B6 no sight .. for the vows
[0035] 18 A6 no getting .. so what next
[0036] 19 C67 the rain .. gave up whoever it was
[0037] 20 B7 stock still .. wherever it might be
[0038] 21 A7 gave it up .. by on the other side
[0039] 22 B8 stock still .. no sight or sound
[0040] 23 C8 always winter .. another time
[0041] 24 A8 huddled on the step .. where none ever came

[0045] 25 B9 or alone .. all vanished
[0046] 26 A9 none ever came .. none ever came
[0047] 27 C9 always winter .. drowsing away
[0048] 28 B10 or that time alone .. soon after long after
[0049] 29 A10 eleven or twelve .. forgetting it all
[0050] 30 C10 perhaps fear .. another place another time
[0051] 31 B11 the glider .. time came in the end
[0052] 32 A11 making it all up .. till that time came
[0053] 33 C11 in the Library .. not a sound
[0054] 34 B12 that time .. little or nothing
[0055] 35 A12 back down to the wharf .. never come back
[0056] 36 C12 only the old breath .. gone in no time