GARCIN: Certainly not. And now, tell me, do you think it's a crime to stand by one's
principles?

GARCIN: Certainly not. And now, tell me, do you think it's a crime to stand by one's
principles?

GARCIN: Certainly not. And now, tell me, do you think it's a crime to stand by one's
principles?

ESTELLE: That's just it. I haven't a notion, not the foggiest. In fact, I'm wondering if
there hasn't been some ghastly mistake. Don't smile. Just think of the number of people
who-who become absentees every day. There must be thousands and thousands, and
probably they're sorted out by— by understrappers, you know…

ESTELLE: That's just it. I haven't a notion, not the foggiest. In fact, I'm wondering if
there hasn't been some ghastly mistake. Don't smile. Just think of the number of people
who-who become absentees every day. There must be thousands and thousands, and
probably they're sorted out by— by understrappers, you know…

GARCIN: Look here! Why are we together? You've given us quite enough hints, you
may as well come out with it.

GARCIN: Look here! Why are we together? You've given us quite enough hints, you
may as well come out with it.

INEZ: And do you think I lived in a Second Empire drawing-room?
ESTELLE: So it was all fixed up beforehand?
INEZ: Yes. And they've put us together deliberately.

INEZ: And do you think I lived in a Second Empire drawing-room?
ESTELLE: So it was all fixed up beforehand?
INEZ: Yes. And they've put us together deliberately.

ESTELLE: Oh, they don't do anything. But they have a lovely house in the country, and
hosts of people visit them.

ESTELLE: Oh, they don't do anything. But they have a lovely house in the country, and
hosts of people visit them.

GARCIN: A pure fluke, I should say. They lodge folks as they can, in the order of their
coming. Why are you laughing?

GARCIN: A pure fluke, I should say. They lodge folks as they can, in the order of their
coming. Why are you laughing?

GARCIN: All right. Of course, I used to spend my nights in the newspaper office, and it
was a regular Black Hole, so we never kept our coats on. Stiflingly hot it could be.
Stifling, that it is. It's night now.

GARCIN: All right. Of course, I used to spend my nights in the newspaper office, and it
was a regular Black Hole, so we never kept our coats on. Stiflingly hot it could be.
Stifling, that it is. It's night now.

INEZ: Estelle!

INEZ: Estelle!

INEZ: The gas stove.
ESTELLE: And you, Mr. Garcin?

INEZ: The gas stove.
ESTELLE: And you, Mr. Garcin?

INEZ: The gas stove.
ESTELLE: And you, Mr. Garcin?