Best broadcasts of 1938-39 (1939)

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BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS General. — You exaggerate, dear lady. It was heart failure, exactly as with our amusing little friend, Wissotzski: he used to hop about so comically while he was being beaten . . . and that charming young girl with the dark hair ... I forget her name . . . and the tall man who limped . . . and the gentleman with the Greek name. . . . Elsa. — Gregopoulos. General. — That was it: Gregopoulos, author of a brilliant if unpublished essay entitled, “Man’s Right to Freedom.” Whether from heart failure or from some other cause, Gregopoulos is now thoroughly deceased. He is as dead as Miltiades. And there must be others that I have forgotten. Let me see: there were nearly two dozen of you in the beginning. Malzius is still alive: yes, we have him safe elsewhere. Bonnard has returned to Paris: how like a Frenchman! It appears that he was in the habit of calling daily at the French embassy, and they made representations immediately he was missed. We beat him and turned him loose. I may tell you this state secret because you will never tell it to anybody. Your dossier is about to be closed. Where was I? Since there are only four of you left . . . plus Malzius and Bonnard is six . . . and you were originally two dozen, there are a ntunber to be accounted for. I cannot do it. My arithmetic is horrible. {Pauses . . . speaks more sternly) You planned, a handful of you, to overturn the state! Two dozen traitors against fifty million people! You deserve the worst, and you shall have it! At the outset we were patient with you. Your memories were faulty, and we endeavored to stimulate them with exercises . . . which became brisker only gradually. We got nothing out of you . . . except heroics . . . and the trouble with heroics is that they require an appreciative audience. Without one they are only damp squibs. Nevertheless you persisted. . . . Well, my patience is at an end. The Dictator is honoring us with a visit this afternoon, and he must not breathe the air which you pollute. You have information which he should like to possess: names; addresses. For a final ten minutes the officer in charge will question you vugently . . . most urgently. When the ten minutes expire ... so will you! Lady and gentlemen . , . long live the state ! Music. — Up and fade out. 57