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As the six characters drag the Manager and his Actors into the second
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THE MANAGER (determining to make fun of him). Ah, excellent! Then you'll be saying next that you, with this comedy of yours that you brought here to act, are truer and more real than I am.
THE FATHER (with the greatest seriousness). But of course; without doubt!
THE MANAGER. Ah, really?
THE FATHER. Why, I thought you'd understand that from the beginning.
THE MANAGER. More real than I?
THE FATHER. If your reality can change from one day to another....
THE MANAGER. But everyone knows it can change. It is always changing, the same as anyone else's.
THE FATHER (with a cry). No, sir, not ours! Look here! That is the very difference! Our reality doesn't change: it can't change! It can't be other than what it is, because it is already fixed for ever. It's terrible. Ours is an immutable reality
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