← But, for the love of God, can’t you just think about it for a moment? Because, when you come down to it, why would you brush your teeth? 🔊✎
← GARCIN, alone. He walks up to the bronze and strokes it. He sits down. He gets up. He goes to the bell-push and presses it. Nothing happens. He tries two or three times. Still no response. He goes up to the door and tries to open it. No result. He calls. ✎
← A silence. GARCIN goes and sits down, INÈS starts pacing again. GARCIN’s mouth twitches, INÈS gives him a look, he buries his face in his hands. Enter ESTELLE and THE VALET. ✎
← A silence. GARCIN goes and sits down on the middle couch and puts his head in his hands. ✎
← Would you like me to be your mirror? Come over here, I’m inviting you to visit. Sit down on my couch. 🔊✎
← Look. We’re going to sit down calmly, we’re going to close our eyes, and each of us is going to try and forget that the other two are there. 🔊✎
← Ah! You say “forget”. Don’t be so silly. I can feel your presence right down to my bones. Even when you say nothing, I hear it screaming in my ears. 🔊✎
← Give it up, Inès. Open your hands, let go. Otherwise you’ll drag all three of us down. 🔊✎
← Well, I can feel sorry for you. Look at me, we’re naked. Naked right down to the bones, I see all of you to the bottom of your heart. That ties us together: do you really think I want to hurt you? 🔊✎
← Then I defy all of you, the people up there and the ones down here. Estelle, we’ll get out of this place. 🔊✎