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START: Stanley: Evening.
McCann: Evening.
Chuckles are heard from outside the back door, which is open.
Stanley: Very warm tonight. (He turns towards the back door, and back.) Someone out there?
McCann tears another length of paper. Stanley goes into the kitchen and pours a glass of water. He drinks it looking through the hatch, He puts the glass down, comes out of the kitchen and walks quickly towards the door, left. McCann rises and intercepts him.
McCann: I don’t think we’ve met.
[... … …]
END: McCann: Come on!
Stanley: Uuuuuuhhhh!
McCann: He’s sweating.
Stanley: Uuuuuuuhhhh!
Goldberg: Easy, McCann.
McCann: The bastard sweatpig is sweating.
A loud drumbeat off left, descending the stairs. Goldberg takes the chair from Stanley. They put the chairs down. They stop still.
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