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BEST BROADCASTS OF 1938-39
Rolf. — ^Listen. This here’s a new belt, and it’s got a big heavy buckle, and I ain’t a-goin’ to hurt my knuckles. . . .
Otto. — After the General is through with him; not now. The General is coming. ... You know it as well as I do . . . and maybe His Excellency, too; and if you’re not careful, the General may have a little fun himself . . . with you! The General is a great one for having fim. The General’s got his own ideas about different kinds of ftm. . . .
Music. — Up and under.
Narrator. — The scene changes to the chapel of an old church now used for purposes of the state. A light falls only upon the pulpit, but in the shadows we discern various human forms that seldom move. One of them is a woman.
Sound. — Metal latch and door creak.
Voice. — Attention !
All. — Long live the state.
Sound. — Door creak . . . slam . . . latch.
(Fade in)
General. — ^Long live the state.
Sound. — Feet ascending to pulpit.
General. — Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I beg your pardon: lady and gentlemen. Though you are fewer than you were when we met, nearly four months ago, it is a pleasure to see you again. You are doubtless surprised to note that I, a full general, am relieving the jtmior officer who has been in charge of your exercises during so many happy weeks, but we feel that we have already wasted too much time on you. I miss Ellerman . . . that promising young man who insisted he had attended none of your meetings.
Elsa. — Neither he had.
General. — Indeed? He was so stout in his denials . . . and in his protestations that you were all innocent , . . that we were particularly attentive to him. It is unfortimate that he succumbed to heart failure.
Elsa. — He was shot.
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