← 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. ✎
← presses the bell-push, but nothing happens. INÈS and GARCIN laugh. ESTELLE turns to face them, her back to the door. ✎
← He presses on the bell-push, but there is no sound. ✎
← I tell you, they’ve planned everything. They knew I’d be standing in front of this mantelpiece, pressing my hand against this bronze, with all these eyes staring at me. All these eyes eating me up alive … 🔊✎