VLADIMIR:
Well? What do we do?
ESTRAGON:
Don't let's do anything. It's safer.
VLADIMIR:
Let's wait and see whathethey says.
ESTRAGON:
Who?
VLADIMIR:
Godot. The Editors
ESTRAGON:
Good idea.
VLADIMIR:
Let's wait till we know exactly how we stand.
ESTRAGON:
On the other hand it might be better to strike the iron before it freezes.
VLADIMIR:
I'm curious to hear whathe hasthey have to offer. Then we'll take it or leave it.
ESTRAGON:
What exactly did we askhimthem for?
VLADIMIR:
Were you not there?
ESTRAGON:
I can't have been listening.
VLADIMIR:
Oh . . . Nothing very definite.
ESTRAGON:
A kind of prayer.
VLADIMIR:
Precisely.
ESTRAGON:
A vague supplication.
VLADIMIR:
Exactly.
ESTRAGON:
And what didhethey reply?
VLADIMIR:
Thathe'dthey'd see.
ESTRAGON:
Thathethey couldn't promise anything.
VLADIMIR:
Thathe'dthey'd have to think it over.
ESTRAGON:
In the quiet ofhistheir homes.
VLADIMIR:
Consulthisfamily.
ESTRAGON:
Hisfriends.
VLADIMIR:
His agents.The marketing team
ESTRAGON:
Hiscorrespondents.
VLADIMIR:
Hisbooks.
ESTRAGON:
His bank account.Market research.
VLADIMIR:
Before taking a decision.
ESTRAGON:
It's the normal thing.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Waiting for Editors
With my sincere apologies to Samuel Beckett.
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