← He leaves. A silence. GARCIN does not look at INÈS. INÈS looks around, then suddenly turns to GARCIN. ✎
← A silence. GARCIN sits on the couch. INÈS paces back and forth. ✎
← 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. ✎
← You there, you there, me here. And silence. Not a word. It can’t be that difficult, right? 🔊✎
← He goes to his couch and puts his head in his hands. Silence. INÈS starts singing to herself: ✎
← Was I supposed to go to the general and say “Sir, I am not leaving for the front?” That would have been pretty stupid. They’d just have put me inside. I needed to witness, that was my role, witness! I wasn’t going to let them silence me. 🔊✎