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He takes care of the others, and he is the only one who is somewhat healthy, but he limps and can’t sit. The room is empty except for Nell and Nagg in their garbage cans, Hamm in his wheelchair, and Clov, who walks back and forth and occasionally looks out the window. Quite early in the play, the following dialogue occurs:
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HAMM: […] What time is it?
CLOV: The same as usual.
HAMM: [Gesture towards window right.] Have you looked?
CLOV: Yes.
HAMM: Well?
CLOV: Zero. […]
HAMM: Haven’t you had enough?
CLOV: Yes! [Pause.] Of what?
HAMM: Of this … this … thing.
CLOV: I always had. [Pause.] Not you?
HAMM: [Gloomily]. Then there’s no reason for it to change.
CLOV: It may end. [Pause.] All life long the same questions all life long, the same answers.
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