Escape - "The Red Mark" (Old Time Radio)

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At a French penal colony in New Caledonia, convict barber
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Dumas regards himself as one of the prison's living dead,
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while his friend Bijou hopes to leave the island. This
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is Escape, The Red Mark, Episode 111, heard on CBS
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February 21st, 1950. Based on John Russell's short story and
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adapted for radio by Les Crutchfield and Manny Grotnick, It
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brings William Conrad to Dumas, Harry Bartell to Bijou, Will
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Gere to Monsieur Danu, and Barbara Whiting to Zaley.
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With William N.
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Robson producing and directing, the story follows Dumas as Bijou
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becomes entangled with Danu and his wife within the guarded colony.
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We now take you back to the original broadcast.
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Tired of the everyday routine? Ever dream of a life
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of romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all?
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We offer you... Escape! Escape! Designed to free you from
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the four walls of today for a half hour of
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high adventure.
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Tonight, we escape to the prison island of New Caledonia...
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and to the murderous conflict between one of the prisoners
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and the monstrous Monsieur Deneau, official executioner, as John Russell
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tells it in his terrifying story, The Red Mark.
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We breathe in.
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Breathe out, inhale and exhale, and we are therefore considered
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officially as living. Privately, however, and always with a snarl
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deep in our throats, we call ourselves the living dead.
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We sleep without resting, wake without desire, reap without pleasure,
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and work without hope. Some of us work in the mines,
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some in the copra sheds. I myself am a barber,
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But all of us wear the same straw sandals and
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the same rough canvas jackets. And we are never allowed
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to forget that this is the penal colony of New Caledonia.
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That we are convicts. And that France is on the
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other side of the world.
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Hello, Dumas.
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I'll be sure.
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You startled me. I didn't hear you come in.
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You were daydreaming.
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You know how it is.
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I know how it is for you. But, Dumas, for me,
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the dreams are at an end. My life as a
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convict is at an end.
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You have your ticket home?
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Of course I have my ticket. I've only eight more
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days to go.
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Ah, eight days.
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Three weeks on the ship and then France. Freedom, wine, music,
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the theater.
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Shut up!
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Oh, sorry, Dumas.
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You are my friend, my very good friend, but don't
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talk to me about France.
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I'm really sorry.
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You're leaving in eight days, but I will be here
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for 13 more years.
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I know.
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I assume you wish to be shaved.
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If you'd be so kind.
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Be seated.
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Uh-oh.
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Dumas, look.
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What?
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Out the window there, coming across the compound.
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Ah, yes. Monsieur Deneau and his ugly little assistant bomb beast.
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The vultures.
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That's no matter for concern. If one has a prison,
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one must have an executioner. Oh, careful with that soap.
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Monsieur Deneau is neither flesh nor fowl, neither a convict
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or an official master of the guillotine.
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He's a dog, a pig.
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But such easy work if one has a strong stomach.
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For merely pulling the cord on the guillotine only three
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or four times a year, he's permitted a house of
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his own, even a wife.
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He's a corpse that should be buried with a stake
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through his heart. I hate him.
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Oh, ignore him. He's nothing, an old bag of bones.
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He's the devil himself.
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Devil, huh?
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Dumas, if he were the devil, he would not be
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the stupid fool that he is. Ignore him, I tell you.
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I do.
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Ignore him. It can't be done.
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Be careful with that razor.
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I'm sorry.
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Are you trying to become an executioner yourself?
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Bichot, there's something you know about Monsieur Deneau. Tell me
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what it is.
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Look, Dumas, you will say nothing until next week, until
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I've sailed?
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Nothing, I swear it.
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All right, I trust you. You know his wife, of course.
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You mean that little girl?
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Yes, from the fishing village down the coast. Zelie, her
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name is.
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What about her?
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Do you not agree that she's beautiful?
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That marriage is a sacrilege.
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True. But you can't blame her. Monsieur Deneuve bought her
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from her family.
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It's disgusting. Of course.
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But is she not beautiful?
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I don't pretend to be a judge of these things.
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You know she is.
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Well, what about her?
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You ask, do I have my tickets to France?
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Yes.
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Yes, but not just one.
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More than that. I have two tickets.
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Two?
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Zelie is going with me.
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Oh, be sure you're out of your mind. No.
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But I would be if I left here without her.
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But can you not imagine what that man will do
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to you?
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He will do nothing because he knows nothing.
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He's a stupid fool. Oh, but my friend, you're young
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and you've forgotten France.
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Paris, the world outside. It's full of beautiful women. It's
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foolish to run this risk for Zelie when there will
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be others waiting for you.
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But, Dumas, I love her.
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You love her?
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And she loves me. I'll try to make her happy,
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make her forget. She's never been happy, Dumas. And she's
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a girl who ought to be very, very happy all
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the time. Now, if your hand is steady again, get
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on with my shave, will you?
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I saw that my little friend Bijoux was in dead earnest.
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Right or wrong, foolish as he might be, he meant
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every word he'd said. And suddenly, I realized how much
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alike they were, he and Zellie, the child bride of
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the executioner. They were both small and slim, with lively
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eyes and mouths that were quick with laughter.
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Why, they even looked alike.
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Across the compound, Deneau was talking with his jackal of
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a servant as they promenaded.
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A gaunt, black-garbed monster.
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He was the only convict among us who never wore
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the shapeless gray canvas clothes.
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I glanced at the two of them now and then
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as I went on shaving Bijou.
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Wondering what they talked about. What they dared to talk
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about in the bright, clean light of the sun. That
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hideous pair of devils.
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Master.
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What is it, Bombis?
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The little one who smiles too often, Bijou.
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What about him?
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In the barbers there. He's being shaved.
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Do you assume the fact to be of some interest
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to me?
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I only mentioned it.
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Hardly necessary. I was already aware the Bijou was there
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in the barber's hut being shaved.
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I'm sorry, Master.
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In fact, I am aware of several things that stupid
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little Bijou thinks are secrets. Being shaved, is he? We
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have a blade that could give him a closer shave. Eh, Bombist?
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Oh, yes, Master. So close that he would never need
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another one.
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An interesting idea. Very interesting. I think Vigot has made
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rather serious error in not realizing my cleverness. A mistake
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that may very well prove fatal. Zelly!
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Who is it?
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Your husband, my little one. Your old, old husband. You
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were expecting someone.
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Else, perhaps? No, of course not. But you're home early.
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Did I surprise you?
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Well, I.
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I enjoy surprising you, my dear. Do you mind?
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No.
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But dinner won't be ready for another hour yet. I'll
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start it at once.
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An hour? What is an hour when we have a
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lifetime together?
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Eh, Zellie?
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Yes, sir.
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Even though I'm an old man, old enough to be your...
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your father, eh? You do not answer me. I.
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I don't consider you old, sir.
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Thank you. Then we will have many more years together.
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No?
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But of course, sir.
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Then we must make good use of those years. We
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must do things, eh?
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Anything you wish.
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Then why not begin with a small trip up the coast?
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I can easily get permission.
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Whatever you say. Good!
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Then we shall leave the first of next week.
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Next week?
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Yes, my dear. Why not?
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But next week, eight days from now, the boat stops here.
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Oh, really? I had forgotten about it. But what could
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that possibly have to do with us? Well, letters.
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There may be letters for you from France. And your papers.
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You know how you love your papers.
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Oh, you are so considerate of my welfare, Zelie.
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Try to be, sir.
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You must love me very much. I said you must
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love me very much.
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Oh, of course.
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Say it.
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What?
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Say that you love me very much. I....
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Love you very much, sir.
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Pretty. But so unfortunate you must always address me as sir.
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Much too formal.
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It means nothing. It's only a habit.
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You must do something about that habit. I'm going out
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while you prepare dinner, Zellie. I must see Bombiste about.
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A little matter.
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You'll be back soon?
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But of course.
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How could I bear to be away from you? Not
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to see you or touch you for even one single night. Goodbye, silly.
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Bombast. Oh, yes, master.
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Bombast.
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Are you aware that we have not worked in some time? True.
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Not for a long time.
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Too long, eh, Bombist?
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Oh, yes, Master. Much too long.
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Bombist, in view of that treaty between the government and
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the jungle tribes, the prison officials might be very displeased
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if a native should be murdered.
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But, of course, the officials are leaning over backward to
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avoid trouble.
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Then what do you think would happen to a man
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who murdered a native? Chunk.
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Surgery.
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Precisely.
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Has somebody killed a Canuck?
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No, at least not yet.
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Not yet?
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Bomb Beast, do you happen to know where our little
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friend sleeps at night? The handsome Bejo?
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I think it is in barrack number 12.
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Would you find his bed in the dark?
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Yes, Master, but... If it is a matter of slipping
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a knife between his ribs, there are much better places
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than the barracks. Why not in the jungle, where it
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may seem that a native.
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Please, Bombiste.
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Oh, I'm sorry, Master.
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You are not going to slip a knife between Bijou's ribs.
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In fact, my little Bombiste, quite the contrary.
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The End Wake up.
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Wake up, Dumai. Quiet, quiet. It's Bijou.
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Bijou. What do you want? Why are you awake?
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Dumai, something has happened. I'm not sure what it is.
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What do you mean?
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I woke a moment ago. Some sound, I think. Dumai,
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I have something here to show you.
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What is it, Bijou?
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Wait.
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Let me strike a match.
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He was holding a convict's jacket in his hands made
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of gray cotton canvas. The number on the pocket was.
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2232, Bichot's own number.
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And the whole front of the jacket was splattered with
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bright red blood.
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In just a moment, we will return with the second
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act of Escape. But first... Most people like to know
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what to expect, but on at least one CBS show,
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a great part of the fun is in what turns
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up on the spur of the moment. That show is
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Groucho Marx' great quiz, You Bet Your Life, heard every
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Wednesday night on most of these same CBS stations. Now
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we return you to the second act of Escape.
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Escape.
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The brief time before the match flared and went out
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seemed like minutes. I grabbed Bijoux by the arm and
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lay still, listening in the darkness, straining to hear whether
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anyone else may have been awakened.
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There was no sound. The other men slept on.
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Here, do my sandals. Feel them. They're wet. Yes. They've
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been worn outside somewhere within the last hour. And, do my...
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My knife has blood on it, too.
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Bijoux. Tell me quickly, where have you been? What have
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you done?
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Nothing.
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I've been asleep.
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You've not been out of the barrack?
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No, I swear it.
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Do you mind?
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What is this? What does it mean?
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Bijou, I think it means that someone is more clever
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than you. Wait.
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What is it?
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The prison dogs. Listen. Yes.
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They're coming this way. Do you mind? Are they after me?
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Who else?
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But what am I going to do?
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Well, first we must dispose of these bloody clothes.
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In the jungle, I think.
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We?
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You're going to help me?
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Of course, my friend. Come, I have a plan. Quietly, now, Bichot.
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And quickly.
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We threaded our way among the sleeping convicts to the
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rear of the barracks. Near the back door, I saw
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a pair of old worn rope sandals. I grabbed them
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and took them with me. And then we raced across
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the hard-beaten earth of the compound, cursing the bright moon overhead.
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and plunged into the black thicket of liana and mangrove
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and fern, into the jungle. For half an hour or more,
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we smashed our way through the soggy tangle of undergrowth,
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crashing into trees, tripping into vines and roots, sprawling full
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length on the swampy loam. But always we staggered to
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our feet again and ran.
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On and on and on.
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Jumai, where is he?
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Where's that stream? We must be very close now. I
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saw it here somewhere last spring.
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But this is not last spring.
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Well, streams do not move about.
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Keep on.
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We'll never find it in this darkness.
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There will be a path of moonlight.
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The trees are open above the stream.
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No, Bijou, go on.
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But Dumas.
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It's no time to stop now. Wait.
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Listen.
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I think the dogs are closer.
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No, but they soon will be. Come on.
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Dumas, we must find that stream.
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And then minutes later, we did find it.
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Dead tired and dripping with sweat from the steaming heat
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of the tropic night, we stumbled over a low hummock
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and saw the blazing white path of moonlight ahead of us,
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almost at our feet. We slid down the shallow bank,
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dropped to our knees, and then all our brave hopes
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died out of us.
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Dumai.
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Dumai, the stream is dry.
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Be sure I tell you, last spring it was a torrent.
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It filled these banks so high, higher than my head.
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It's dry. Not a trickle.
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Listen.
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They're coming closer.
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Run, Dumai.
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Run while you still can.
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No. Look, I brought another pair of sandals from the barrack. Here,
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put them on. The dogs will not have the scent
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of this pair. Quickly now.
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You put on those sandals. Then circle back to the barrack.
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They'll never know you left. I can run no farther.
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I'll wait for them here.
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Bijou, I cannot leave you here to... Don't be a fool.
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Put on those sandals. Hurry now before it's too late.
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And later, there's something I'd like for you to do
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for me.
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Here.
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The tickets to France. Give them to Zelik. Help her
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get away from him.
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If only there was some way to kill him.
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It would mean nothing. Tell her to go to the
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Andromeda in Lyon. They will take care of her. Go now.
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All right. Is there nothing else that... Thank you.
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No. No.
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Then goodbye, Bichot.
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Goodbye, my friend.
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Tell her I love her very much.
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Being a convict, I was, of course, not permitted to
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attend the trial of my friend Bichot for the murder
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of a native.
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There were two convicts present, however.
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Two star witnesses who palmed the Bible reverently and swore
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to having seen Bijot commit the murder. Two demons from hell,
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Monsieur Deneau and Bombiste.
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The trial was over in less than two hours. The
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verdict was not surprising. The sentence, inevitable.
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Convict Bijot, you arise and face the counsel. Have you
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anything more to say in your defense?
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Nothing I haven't said before.
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I'm innocent.
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I've killed no one.
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Then this council of the penal colony of New Caledonia,
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sitting as a special court of the Republic of France,
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finds you guilty as charged. As commandant of this prison,
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I order you to be taken to the compound of
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the camp at daybreak of the second morning following. And there,
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in the presence of your fellow convicts, To be guillotined. I.
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The night before the execution, I stood outside Bigeaud's cell,
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rolled cigarettes and handed them to him through the barred window.
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The guard dozed somewhere on the other side of the hut.
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After all, my friend was to die in the morning.
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No one could escape from this place. And there was
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no reason for caution.
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Tell me, Dimitri. Is she all right?
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I could only see her for a moment. It was dangerous.
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I gave her the tickets, but she says she will
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not leave you.
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It's I who will be leaving in the morning at daybreak.
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Does she expect a miracle? Probably, because she is in
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love with you. She's very upset, of course, nearly out
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of her mind. Poor little Sally. I hope it goes
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well with her in France.
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Bijou, is there nothing at all I can do for you,
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some small.
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No, no, nothing. The Republic has been very thoughtful in
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all the details. Even a bottle of red wine with
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my last meal... Oh, the vintage was atrocious.
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Bijou.
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And look, they've even left me the black hood which
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I wear to the guillotine. I suppose I'm to make
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sure of the size or get used to wearing it
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or something. My friend, would you like for me to
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send for the priest?
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No.
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He was here, but I sent him away. I thought
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he would need a good night's sleep since he's supposed
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to accompany me in my ordeal. Oh, not, of course,
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to the extent of getting his head cut off, you understand.
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Bichot, how can you make jokes about a thing like this?
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My friend, how can I do anything else? The game
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is over. Should I pound my head on the wall
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and scream like a madman?
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Quiet. Someone is coming.
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Bichot? Bichot, are you there?
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It is Sally.
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What?
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Sally.
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Over here.
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Who is it?
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Jumai.
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Come.
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Here by the wall. Let's not waste time.
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Zellie, go away from here quickly before they find you.
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Be quiet, dear. Here, the key to his cell.
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Let him out.
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The guard's asleep.
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Where did you get this?
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From my husband, after he went to sleep. Hurry, please.
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But it will help nothing, only cause trouble for you.
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There is no time to argue.
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Hurry.
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I took the key and slipped around to the entrance
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of the hut.
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The fat guard dozed in a chair with his hands
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folded on his paunch. I moved past him, tiptoed to
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the door of Bijou's cell, fitted the key in the lock.
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I held my breath, but nothing stirred. Bijou came out
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of the cell without a word. We slipped past the
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guard and met Zelie by the wall of the hut.
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The three of us.
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Skirted the moonlit compound with the grim black shadow of
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the guillotine in the center of it. Without erasing any alarm,
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we finally reached the edge of the jungle. Zelie clung
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with a desperate grip to Bijou's hand and wept sometimes.
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But gradually it became clear to all of us that
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there was no answer.
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No escape.
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Bijou might swim to the ship lying in the harbor,
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but with a prisoner at large, it was sure to
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be searched before it sailed. The coast in either direction
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was too well guarded, and that left only the jungle
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and the hills beyond. Hills swarming with savages, who were
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quite aware that the head of an escaped convict delivered
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to the commandant was good for a bolt of bright
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red calico. But, in our despair, the jungle seemed to
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offer at least some forlorn hope.
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And so it was decided.
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Bijou would try to reach the western side of the island,
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and from there Australia, while Zelie would sail on the ship.
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When it left in the morning. and wait for word
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in Lyon.
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One thing was fortunate. She had brought the clothes Bijou
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had planned to wear to France. We could leave his
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convict garb in his cell and stop any trail. This
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time there would be no dogs. Three hours before dawn,
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after a long kiss for Zelie and the hand grip
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for me, Bijou turned and struck into the jungle, and
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Zelie broke into tears.
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He has no chance. The natives are bound to find
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him and kill him, Monsieur.
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Do you mind?
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You know he has no chance.
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Oh, he's very clever, Zellie, and brave. Of course there's
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a chance.
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I think he knows to kill him. I think he's
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only being kind to me.
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You're only speaking foolishness. You must be brave, too, you know.
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Brave?
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I could do anything for Michel, except lose him.
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Well, you're likely to do that if we stay here
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any longer. It's too near dawn now, and we have
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to take those clothes back to the cell. You must
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go home and be ready to slip aboard the boat.
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Only a few days ago. I was so happy.
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The very first time in my life, monsieur. We were
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going away on that boat, little Bijou and I. And now, monsieur,
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do you mind? I cannot go on living without him.
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I cannot bear to live without him.
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As was the custom in those days, we knelt bareheaded.
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Over 400 of us.
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On the hard-packed dirt of the compound facing the guillotine.
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The morning sun burst suddenly over the eastern rim of
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the sea, its blood-red color fitting for the business at hand.
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The commandant of the prison stood only a few yards
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from me, and just beyond him, fussing over their hideous machine,
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those two vultures.
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Of evil, Monsieur Deneau and Bombiste.
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The stage was set. The audience was ready. And only
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I knew that the star actor would not make an appearance.
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Is everything in readiness, Monsieur Danoux?
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Quite in readiness, Monsieur le Commander.
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Very well.
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Bring out the prisoner.
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I looked toward the cell hut and waited, keeping my
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face as blank as all those around me. And then
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a priest and a guard stepped out of the hut
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and came toward us. And walking between them, wearing the
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grey convict's uniform and the black hood of the condemned.
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was my little friend, Bichot.
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One moment of shock, and then I suddenly understood his
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apparent agreement with our plans a few hours earlier. He
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had reasoned that by this time, Zelie should be aboard
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the ship that had waited only for the tide to sail.
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She would not know of the execution for months, a
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year or more perhaps. And by then, she would be
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settled safely in France.
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And so, Bichot... had come back to face his death.
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Obvious. Place the condemned prisoner on the rack.
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Yes, master.
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Of all of us in the compound that morning, the
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man who was to die seemed the least afraid and
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the least concerned of any. Though the hideous black hood
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covered his face and head to the shoulders, no hood
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nor prison clothes could hide the almost jaunty swagger of
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his walk. That swagger spoke a reproof to the justice
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of the prison court, sneered at the blood-stained evil soul
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of Deneau, and gave courage and hope to us who
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knelt on the ground.
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I am ready to proceed. Monsieur le Commandant, is it
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your order that this prisoner be executed?
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It is.
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Proceed, Monsieur Deneau.
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Bombis, raise the knife. I think To the very top.
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To the top, master.
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The eyes of all of us, officials and convicts alike,
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followed the heavy blade moving slowly up the guides.
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Fascinated. Some of us snarled or cursed. Some of us trembled.
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But only Monsieur Deneuve smiled to himself.
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So intent was my gaze that I hardly noticed the
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native who pushed past me carrying a leaf-wrapped bundle and
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walked up to the commandant.
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Here. What is this? What are you doing here?
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We bring him one fellah head. Allah save me, you
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give him one piece calico.
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We've had no escape here.
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Long time, fella here, no chop-chop bush.
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Allah save me, bring him one fellah head.
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You look.
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Monsieur Deneau, holding the release cord of the guillotine in
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his hand, smiling still, had not noticed. The native fumbled
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with his package and... Suddenly, out rolled a human head.
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One that was impossible to mistake.
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You!
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But, but this is the head of the convict, Bijou.
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Then who in the name of heaven was the prisoner
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on the rack?
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Monsieur Danoux, stop!
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No, stop!
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Monsieur, that was not Bijou.
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Here is his head.
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Look! Not Bijou?
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Who is it you have killed?
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Pull off the hood and see.
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No.
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No.
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I'm afraid.
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Monsieur Danoux, remove that hood.
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And then, suddenly, I knew.
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It was not necessary for me to see who Monsieur
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Danoux had executed. Little Zali had taken the place.
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Of Bijou on the guillotine. And now had joined him
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in death.
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Escape is produced and directed by William N. Robeson. Tonight
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we have presented The Red Mark by John Russell. Freely
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adapted for radio by Les Crutchfield and Manny Grotnick. Featured
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in the cast were Bill Conrad as Dumai, Harry Bartell
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as Bijou, Will Gere as Monsieur Deneu, Barbara Whiting as Zellie,
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Junius Matthews as Bumbeast, and Paul Freese as the Commandant.
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Special music was arranged and conducted by Del Castillo. Next week....
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You are in command of an English destroyer sailing to
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join the North Sea Patrol in October 1914. It is midnight,
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and from the coast of Flanders comes a desperate signal
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for help, which you want to ignore, but which destiny
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forces you to answer and to become the man who
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won the war.
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Next week, we escape with one of the most famous
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stories of the First World War, Robert Buckner's classic and
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unforgettable tale, The Man Who Won the War. Goodbye then
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until this same time next week when once again... we
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offer you Escape. Bing Crosby's got a wonderful lineup of
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guests on his CBS show this Wednesday. Tomorrow night on
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most of these same CBS stations, it'll be the Firehouse Five,
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plus two, plus three Andrews sisters, plus Derbingle himself. Be listening,
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won't you? Now stay tuned for the latest adventures of
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Philip Marlowe, which follow immediately over most of these same stations.
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This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
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¶ ¶.
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This concludes our presentation of Escape's The Red Mark from 1950.
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