"Box . . . three . . . spool . . . five. ( he raises his head and stares front. With relish. ) Spool! ( pause. ) Spooool! ( happy smile. Pause. He bends over table, starts peering and poking at the boxes. )

Box three, spool five. (He bends over the machine, looks up. With relish.) Spooool! (happy smile. He bends, loads spool on machine, rubs his hands.) Ah! "

Krapp's Last Tape, Samuel Beckett

 

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