<< *150 . PETER USTINOV : THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE . TWO ACTS OF WAR SEPARATED BY A TRUCE . LONDON , HEINEMANN , 1968 . 90 P. FIRST PERF. : 220568 . CHAR. : 01 SERGEANT , 0 2 35914 = BUGLER , 03 THE GENERAL , 04 THE REBEL , 05 THE WI FE , 06 THE ARCHBISHOP , 07 14768 , 08 71696 , 09 THE UNKNOW N SOLDIER , 10 94343 , 11 THE ENEMY LEADER , 12 THE INVENTOR , 13 THE WOMAN , 14 REINFORCEMENTS , 15 CHORUS , 16 BUGLER = 35914 >> $ #1 $ < FIRST ACT OF WAR > $ < THE CURTAIN RISES ON A STAGE BARE BUT FOR A TOMB . $ THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TELEVISION CAMERAS , PROTECTED BY SHIN Y PLASTIC COVERS AGAINST THE RAIN . $ SOLDIERS , AT EASE , STAND WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE AUDIENCE . $ THEY ARE WEARING CAMOUFLAGE GAS-CAPES . $ THE SETTING AND THE COSTUMING ARE LEFT TO THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR THROUGHOUT , THE ONLY ADMONITION OF THE AUTHOR BEING THAT THE ACTION SHOULD BE AS FLUID AND THEATRICAL AS P OSSIBLE . $ ANY EXCESS OF THE IMAGINATION IS AN ERROR ON THE RIGHT SIDE . $ A NEW ARRIVAL MAKES HIS WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE . $ HE CARRIES A BUGLE . $ A SOLDIER AT THE END OF THE LINE APPROACHES THE NEWCOMER PUR POSEFULLY . $ HE IS THE SERGEANT . $ 01 BUGLER , YOU 'RE LATE . $ 16 < ( WHO WILL LATER BE KNOWN AS 35914 ) > $ SORRY , SAR'NT . $ SEE , OWING TO THE RAIN - $ 01 I DON'T WANT TO HEAR NO SHUDDERIN' EXCUSES . $ THE PLUNGIN' FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES , GOT ME ? $ YOU 'RE ON A CHARGE . $ 16 YES , SAR'NT . $ 01 DON'T YOU ANSWER BACK , OR I 'LL MAKE IT STIFLIN' FOR YOU ! $ 16 SAR'NT . $ 01 NOW . $ ON THE SIGNAL BEIN' GIVEN FROM THE TELEVISION BOOTH UP THERE , YOU PLAY WHAT ? $ 16 LAST POST . $ 01 LAST POST WHAT ? $ 16 THE LAST POST . $ 01 THE LAST POST WHAT ? $ < ( PAUSE ; THE BUGLER IS PERPLEXED . ) > $ BUGLER , I AM WAITIN' . $ THE LAST POST WHAT ? $ 16 < ( TENTATIVE ) > $ THE LAST POST , SAR'NT ? $ 01 THAT 'S BETTER . $ NOW , WHEN I RAISE MY RIGHT HAND IN THIS MANNER HERE , YOU W ILL RAISE YOUR BUGLE TO WHAT ? $ 16 MY LIPS , SAR'NT . $ 01 NOW WE 'RE GETTING SOMEWHERE AT LAST . $ YOU WILL THEN PLAY THE AFORESAID PIECE OF MUSIC IN A MANNER APPROPRIATE TO WHAT TYPE OF OCCASION ? $ #2 $ 16 SAD OCCASION , SARN'T . $ 01 DODDERIN' DUMMIT - YOU DON'T BLEEDIN' REMEMBER , DO YOU ? $ I 'LL TRY AGAIN . $ WHAT TYPE OF OCCASION ? $ 16 MELANCHOLIC OCCASION , SAR'NT ? $ 01 ONE MORE FANCY WORD OUT OF YOU , AND I 'LL PUT YOU UNDER ARREST ! $ DO I CONVEY MY MEANIN' ? $ 16 YES , SAR'NT . $ 01 AS YOU WERE , THEN . $ WE 'LL TRY AGAIN . $ WHAT MANNER OF OCCASION ? $ < ( SILENCE . $ THE SERGEANT SHOUTS . ) > $ A SOLEMN OCCASION , YOU HALF-COCK ! $ < ( HE INCLINES HIS HEAD AS THOUGH TUNING A DELICATE INSTRUM ENT . ) > $ APPROPRIATE TO WHAT ? $ 16 A SOLEMN OCCASION , SAR'NT . $ 01 WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TO A SOLEMN OCCASION , THEN ? $ 16 THE WAY I PLAY MY BUGLE , SAR'NT . $ 01 THE WAY YOU PLAY WHAT ON YOUR BUGLE , BUGLER ? $ 16 THE LAST POST , SAR'NT . $ 01 GOT THAT IN YER 'EAD , HAVE YOU ? $ 16 YES , SAR'NT . $ 01 YOU 'RE NOT VERY BRIGHT , ARE YOU ? $ 16 NO , SAR'NT . $ 01 WELL , WE CAN'T ALL BE BRIGHT , CAN WE ? $ 16 NO , SAR'NT . $ 01 THAT 'S BETTER . $ AT EASE . $ AS YOU WERE ! $ AT EASE . $ AS YOU WERE ! $ < ( THE GENERAL WALKS OVER . $ THE SERGEANT COMES TO A THUNDEROUS ATTENTION . ) > $ BUGLER PRESENT AND CORRECT , SAH ! $ 03 GOOD . $ GOOD . $ TRY AND KEEP THE NOISE DOWN . $ 01 I IMPRESSED THAT ON THE BUGLER , SIR . $ 03 < ( WITH A SAD , OCCASIONAL SMILE ) > $ GOOD MAN . $ YOU WILL START PLAYING THE LAST POST WHEN THE SERGEANT HERE GIVES YOU THE SIGNAL . $ I WANT YOU PLAY IT AS THOUGH YOU REALLY MEANT IT , AS BEFITS A SAD OCCASION . $ 01 AND SOLEMN , WITH YOUR PERMISSION , SIR . $ 03 AND SOLEMN . $ YES INDEED . $ AND SOLEMN . $ ALL RIGHT , BUGLER , ON THE DOUBLE ! $ 01 LIF RIGHT . $ LIF ! $ RIGHT ! $ 03 HIS GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP SHOULD BE HERE AT ANY MOMENT . $ #3 $ I AM TOLD HIS ADDRESS TO THE NATION WILL TAKE ABOUT TWENTY M INUTES , WHICH IS A LITTLE LONGER THAN I HAD BARGAINED FOR . $ IT MEANS WE 'LL HAVE TO BE RIGHT ON OUR TOES AT THE MILITARY END - OTHERWISE IT 'LL BE A VIRTUAL CERTAINTY THAT THE PROG RAMME WILL OVERLAP INTO CHILDREN'S HOUR , WHICH FOLLOWS US A T FIVE SHARP . $ 01 < ( SHOCKED ) > $ GOOD GRACIOUS ME , SIR , IF I MAY MAKE SO BOLD - IT 'S A BIT SHOCKING , ISN'T IT ? $ I MEAN , IT 'S NOT AS THOUGH WE BURY THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER EVE RY DAY , IS IT ? $ I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT 'D DO THE NIPPERS GOOD TO SEE THE C EREMONY . $ AFTER ALL , SIR , THEY 'LL BE DOIN' THEIR MILITARY SERVICE S OON ENOUGH ... $ 03 OH CERTAINLY , SERGEANT , I QUITE AGREE . $ THE TELEVISION BOYS HAVE BEEN MOST CO-OPERATIVE , AND I 'M S URE , IF THE NEED ARISES , THEY 'LL LET US RUN OVER . $ < A DISHEVELLED MAN , THE REBEL , HAS ENTERED , AND IS SURRE PTITIOUSLY PASSING OUT PAMPHLETS TO THE TROOP . > $ 01 HULLO - OH , IT 'S YOU AGAIN , IS IT ? $ NOT CONTENT WITH FOUR YEARS IN THE FLUTING BRIG FOR DESERTIO N , YOU GOT TO COME HERE OF ALL PLACES WITH YER FILTHY COWAR D-LIKE IDEAS . $ GET OUT OF IT ! $ 04 < ( LAUGHING ) > $ STILL IN GOOD VOICE , SERGEANT ? $ THAT 'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR . $ CARE FOR A PAMPHLET ? $ 01 RIGHT ! $ ANY MAN TAKES A BIT OF PAPER FROM THIS STINKING REBEL 'S UND ER ARREST , GOT IT ? $ 03 WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE MATTER , SERGEANT ? $ OH LORD , ANOTHER TROUBLEMAKER . $ 04 ANOTHER TROUBLEMAKER ? $ THE TROUBLEMAKER ! $ DON'T PRETEND YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME . $ AT KNOSSOS , IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLUE HILLS , YOU HAD YOUR FIRST TASTE OF ME , DIDN'T YOU ? $ AND YOU REACTED AS A SOLDIER SHOULD . $ YOU RAN ME THROUGH ... FROM THE BACK . $ THE LAST WORDS I REMEMBER BEFORE I DIED - " DEATH IS TOO GOO D FOR THIS MAN ! " $ 03 THE LAST WORDS YOU REMEMBER BEFORE YOU DIED ? $ KNOSSOS ? $ WHAT THE DEVIL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ 04 YOU REMEMBER . $ YOU REMEMBER KNOSSOS . $ THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH LEGION . $ 03 < ( WITH A RAUCOUS YELL - OUT OF CHARACTER ) > $ AHHHH ! $ CITIZENS OF ROME , WITNESS MY TRIUMPH ! $ < GUILTILY HE PASSES HIS HAND OVER HIS FOREHEAD . > $ #4 $ 04 < ( IN TRIUMPH ) > $ YOU DO REMEMBER ! $ 01 < ( FUMING ) > $ CHRISTMAS , SIR , LET ME GET AT 'IM ! $ 04 CHRISTMAS HADN'T BEEN THOUGHT OF YET , BUT IT WAS IMMINEN T . $ IT WAS IMMINENT . $ 03 < ( SOBER , BUT DECIDED ) > $ GO AWAY , BEFORE IT 'S TOO LATE . $ 04 THEY TELL ME THINGS HAVE CHANGED - MAXIMUS SEVERUS . $ THEY SAY THIS IS A PUBLIC PARK . $ THERE 'S EVEN A RUMOUR THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY . $ 01 < ( LOSING HIS HEAD ) > $ THAT 'S RIGHT . $ IT 'S A FREE COUNTRY . $ YOU 'RE FREE TO COME 'ERE , AND I 'M FREE TO SPREAD YOUR GUT S ON THE LAWN . $ < ( THE REBEL LIES DOWN . ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU LYING DOWN FOR , YOU DUNG DROPPIN' ? $ FRIGHTENED , ARE YOU ? $ 03 SAR'NT ! $ 04 PASSIVE RESISTANCE . $ 01 SUITS ME . $ < ( HE BEGINS KICKING THE MOTIONLESS FORM OF THE REBEL , SHO UTING . ) > $ IT 'S A FREE COUNTRY ! $ I 'LL SHOW YOU ... HOW FREE IT IS ... $ 04 < ( NOT MOVING ) > $ SAR'NT ! $ SAR'NT ! $ < A PRETTY LITTLE WIFE ENTERS . $ SHE IS IN THE LAST STAGES OF PREGNANCY . > $ 05 STOP IT ! $ < THE SERGEANT , WHO DIDN'T STOP FOR THE GENERAL , STOPS FOR A WOMAN . > $ 04 SERGEANT ! $ YOU DISOBEYED AN ORDER ! $ 01 < ( AGHAST ) > $ I DID ? $ I CAN'T THINK HOW IT HAPPENED , SIR . $ I WAS PROVOCATED . $ < ( HIS SENSE OF DUTY WINS OVER HIS ABILITY TO FIND EXCUSES . $ HE STANDS STIFFLY . ) > $ PERMISSION TO PUT MYSELF UNDER ARREST , SAH ! $ 03 < ( ABSENTLY ) > $ I 'LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER . $ < ( TO THE WIFE . ) > $ THE PUBLIC ENCLOSURE IS OVER THERE , MADAM ... THAT IS , IF YOU HAVE A GREEN TICKET . $ 05 I DON'T NEED A TICKET . $ 03 I 'M AFRAID YOU DO . $ 05 I 'VE A PERFECT RIGHT TO BE HERE . $ WHOEVER HEARD OF A WIDOW BEING KEPT AWAY FROM HER HUSBAND'S FUNERAL ? $ 03 I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND , MADAM . $ THIS IS THE FUNERAL OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER . $ 05 I KNOW . $ THAT IS THE EXACT DESCRIPTION OF MY HUSBAND . $ #5 $ 03 BUT THIS IS THE BURIAL OF NO SPECIFIC PERSON , MADAM . $ IT IS A SYMBOLIC CEREMONY . $ 05 THERE 'S A BODY , ISN'T THERE ? $ IT MUST HAVE BEEN ALIVE ONCE . $ 03 OF COURSE , BUT IT WAS SELECTED BECAUSE IT WAS UNRECOGNIZ ABLE . $ 05 THAT 'S HIM ! $ I KNEW IT . $ HE WAS NEVER RECOGNIZED BY ANYONE - HIS FACE , HIS CHARACTER , HIS PERSONALITY - IT WAS ALWAYS THE SAME . $ 03 < ( TACTFUL ) > $ I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU IN YOUR GREAT SORROW , NATURALLY - BUT I FEEL BOUND TO POINT OUT ... $ 05 OH , SPARE ME YOUR SYMPATHY , MAN . $ I 'VE NO GREAT SORROW . $ HOW THE HELL CAN YOU KEEP IT UP AFTER ALL THESE CENTURIES ? $ NO , I 'M JUST BLOODY IRRITATED BY NOW . $ I 'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT . $ DRAGGING MY FEET UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE CHILD OF AN UNKNOWN FATHER . $ STANDING IN LINE ENDLESSLY TO CLAIM MY PENSION , FILLING IN FORMS - AND IT WASN'T ALWAYS LIKE THAT . $ BUT BEFORE - WELL , IT WAS THE POORHOUSE OR THE BROTHEL ... $ 04 POOR VIRGINIA . $ 05 VIRGINIA ? $ NOBODY 'S CALLED ME THAT FOR CENTURIES ! $ 05 IT IS YOUR NAME , ISN'T IT ? $ 05 NOT NOW IT ISN'T ... BUT I THINK IT MUST HAVE BEEN ONCE . $ 04 I THOUGHT SO . $ I DON'T RECOGNIZE YOUR FACE , THAT 'S TOO MUCH TO EXPECT ... BUT I RECOGNIZE YOUR CONDITION ... $ < A FIERCE GLEAM OF SUNSHINE SUDDENLY BREAKS THROUGH THE RAI N CLOUDS . $ THEY ALL NOTICE IT . $ SECONDS LATER , THE ARCHBISHOP , IN FULL REGALIA , PLUNGES O NTO THE STAGE . $ HE IS ALSO CONSCIOUS OF THE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER . > $ 06 AH ! $ < ( TOUCHED BY A MINOR GRACE . ) > $ I CAN'T HELP BUT CONSIDER IT SIGNIFICANT THAT , AT THE VERY MOMENT OF MY APPEARANCE AT THIS SCENE OF ENNOBLING SORROW , A LIGHT FROM ABOVE SHOULD BE SHED UPON US . $ 03 YES INDEED , SIR . $ 06 < ( DOWN TO EARTH ) > $ IN ANY CASE , EVEN IF THERE 'S NOTHING IN IT , I BELIEVE IT WILL BENEFIT THE TELEVISION . $ 03 OH , UNDOUBTEDLY , YOUR GRACE . $ 06 TWELVE MILLION IS THE LATEST FIGURE , I HEAR . $ 03 TWELVE MILLION ? $ #6 $ 06 TWELVE MILLION VIEWERS . $ THE TELEVISION EXPERTS ESTIMATE YOU WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST RA TING OF THE CENTURY , WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THE OLY MPIC GAMES . $ 03 WELL , I MUST SAY , YOUR GRACE , THAT DOES TEND TO RESTOR E ONE'S FAITH IN CERTAIN VALUES WHICH ... $ 06 < ( A LITTLE TARTLY ) > $ I AM MAKING ALLUSION TO THAT IN MY ADDRESS . $ 04 D' YOU REMEMBER A TIME BEFORE TELEVISION WAS INVENTED ? $ < THE ARCHBISHOP IS MYSTIFIED AS TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE L AST SPEAKER . > $ 03 I MUST APOLOGIZE , YOUR GRACE . $ 06 < ( SPOTTING THE REBEL ON THE GROUND ) > $ OH DEAR , ANOTHER POOR UNFORTUNATE WHO HAS SUFFERED BEYOND H IS MEANS IN THE RECENT WAR , NO DOUBT . $ WE MUST NEVER LACK THE HUMILITY TO MINISTER TO THOSE WHO MAY POSSIBLY FIND COMFORT IN OUR WORDS . $ < ( ADOPTING A GENTLE TONE . ) > $ YES , INDEED I DO REMEMBER A TIME BEFORE TELEVISION WAS INVE NTED , MY GOOD MAN . $ 04 HOW DID YOU COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR FLOCK THEN ? $ 06 IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT , BUT IT WAS POSSIBLE . $ IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE , OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T ALL BE H ERE TODAY , AS CHRISTIANS . $ THERE WAS THE RADIO . $ 04 AND BEFORE THAT ? $ 06 THE PULPIT . $ 04 AND BEFORE THAT ? $ 06 THE MARKET-PLACE . $ 04 AND BEFORE THAT ? $ 06 THE WAYSIDE SHRINE . $ 04 AND BEFORE THAT ? $ 06 < ( PUZZLED ) > $ BEFORE THAT ? $ 04 BEFORE THE CROSS ? $ BEFORE THE SCRIPTURES ? $ 06 < ( GRAVELY ) > $ THERE WAS NO BEFORE THAT FOR ME ... JUST DARKNESS . $ 04 < ( RISING ) > $ DARKNESS ? $ THERE WAS A FIERCE RAY OF SUNLIGHT THEN , AFTER THE RAIN , A T KNOSSOS . $ YOU GAZED AT THE SKY ... AT A BLACK CLOUD WITH THE SILVER SU N EDGING ITS WAY BEHIND IT ... WHEN IT SHOOK ITSELF FREE , B LINDING US , YOU RUSHED AMONG US , SHOUTING ... $ #7 $ 06 < ( WITH A GREAT SHOUT - OUT OF CHARACTER ) > $ VICTORY IS OURS ! $ GREAT IS MARS , AND WE ARE HIS GREATNESS ! $ < ( HE GRIPS HIS HEAD AS THOUGH IN PAIN . ) > $ I DO BEG YOUR PARDON . $ I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME ... $ 03 I KNOW , YOUR GRACE , THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME JUST NOW - $ 05 < ( WHO HAS BEEN STARING AT THE ARCHBISHOP , SLOWLY ) > $ OH , NOW I REMEMBER YOU - EVERY TIME IT HAPPENED , THERE YOU WERE , RIGHT ON TIME , WITH THAT SICKLY SMILE OF CONSOLATIO N . $ 06 < ( A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK , ICILY ) > $ SOME WIDOWS HAVE FOUND THE CONSOLATION I AM ABLE TO OFFER , A FOUNT OF STRENGTH AND WISDOM . $ 05 HOW D'YOU KNOW I 'M A WIDOW ? $ I 'M NOT EVEN DRESSED AS ONE . $ 06 I THOUGHT YOU SAID ... $ 05 I HAVEN'T OPENED MY MOUTH SINCE YOU ARRIVED . $ 06 WELL , YOUR PRESENCE HERE ... I MUST HAVE ASSUMED ... $ 05 I DON'T BELIEVE YOU . $ YOU REMEMBER , DON'T YOU ? $ 04 OF COURSE HE REMEMBERS . $ 06 VAGUELY ... I MUST ADMIT ... $ 03 < ( UNEASY ) > $ DO BE CAREFUL , YOUR GRACE . $ 06 CAREFUL ? $ WHY ? $ 03 I SENSE A TRAP . $ 04 THAT 'S UNUSUAL FOR A MILITARY MAN . $ 01 < ( SUDDENLY ROARING ) > $ WHAT 'S THAT THEN ! $ THAT MAN ! $ WHAT YOU GOT ON YOUR FEET ? $ < THEY ALL DIRECT THEIR LOOKS AT THE MAN AT WHOM THE SERGEAN T IS POINTING . > $ 07 BOOTS , SAR'NT . $ 01 CALL THEM BOOTS ? $ LOOK MORE LIKE SHIFTIN' SANDALS TO ME . $ GOLD SHIFTIN' SANDALS LIKE BLEEDIN' CINDERELLA ! $ 02 WE 'VE ALL GOT THE SAME , SAR'NT . $ THEY LOOK LIKE BOOTS TO US . $ 03 REGIMENT ! $ REGIMENT , TWO PACES FORWARD MARCH ! $ < ( THE LINE OF MEN ADVANCES TWO PACES . $ THEY ARE SEEN TO BE WEARING GOLDEN SANDALS . ) > $ NOW LOOK HERE , MEN ... I KNOW IT 'S BEEN A LONG WAR ... $ 01 < ( BESIDE HIMSELF ) > $ WHY ARGUE WITH THE CHIPPED MARBLEHEADS ? $ A SWAGGER-STICK ROUND THE VULNERABLES , THAT 'S WHAT THEY 'R E ASKING FOR ! $ #8 $ 03 < ( ASIDE ) > $ SERGEANT , I 'LL SEND YOU TO THE PSYCHIATRIST IF YOU GO ON L IKE THIS . $ 01 < ( QUAVERING ) > $ OH NO , SIR , ANYTHING BUT THAT ! $ 03 YOU JUST CAN'T TALK LIKE THAT ANY MORE IN THIS DAY AND AG E . $ NEXT THING , WE 'LL HAVE A STRIKE ON OUR HANDS . $ 08 I CAN ONLY SAY , SIR , SPEAKIN' I BELIEVE FOR ALL THE MEN , WHEN WE PUT THEM ON THIS MORNING , THEY LOOKED LIKE BOOTS LIKE BOOTS TO US . $ < THE MEN AGREE . > $ 03 AND DO THEY LOOK LIKE BOOTS TO YOU NOW ? $ 07 NO , SIR , BUT WE WAS UP HALF THE NIGHT POLISHIN' THE PON DEROUS THINGS , THE WAY THE SERGEANT LIKES THEM , SO BE CAN SEE HIS FACE IN THEM IN THE MORNIN' . $ 04 NARCISSUS . $ 01 < ( AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAD CALLED HIS NAME - OUT OF CHARAC TER ) > $ YES ? $ DID SOMEONE CALL ME ? $ 06 EM ... I NEITHER WISH TO ADD TO THE PRESENT PERPLEXITIES , GENERAL ... NOR DO I WISH TO INTERFERE WITH MATTERS PURELY MILITARY ... BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TRUTH , I FEEL BOUND TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO YOUR OWN FOOTWEAR . $ 03 GOOD HEAVENS ! $ < THE GENERAL , TOO , IS WEARING GOLDEN SANDALS . $ 05 PHEW , IT 'S HOT ... $ < ( THE WIFE TAKES HER COAT OFF AND IMMEDIATLEY LOSES HER PR EGNANCY . $ SHE WEARS A FLIMSY AND SEDUCTIVE ROMAN TUNIC . $ THE SOLDIERS WHISTLE . ) > $ 01 WHAT 'S GOING ON HERE ? $ SIR ! $ THAT WOMAN ! $ SHE 'S LOST HER CHILD ! $ 05 < ( HOTLY ) > $ I NEVER LOST A CHILD ! $ I LOST A HUSBAND , BUT I NEVER LOST A CHILD ! $ I 'M A PEASANT . $ I 'VE GOT A PRIDE IN MY JOB . $ I JUST HAVEN'T STARTED A CHILD , THAT 'S ALL . $ I HAVEN'T MET JULIAN YET . $ 01 < ( ELECTRIFIED ) > $ JULIAN ! $ THAT MOON-STRUCK MOLECULE ! $ I 'LL TIE A LOVERS' KNOT WITH HIS ARMS AND THROW HIM IN THE TIBER IF I EVER LAY MY TENTACLES ON HIM . $ 05 < ( VIOLENT ) > $ I 'LL STUFF YOUR SHORT-SWORD UP YOUR SCABBARD FIRST ! $ 03 SERGEANT ! $ PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER ! $ TELL THE MEN TO REMOVE THEIR GAS-CAPES . $ #9 $ 01 SAH ! $ STAND BY TO REMOVE GAS-CAPES . $ GAS-CA-A-APES , RE-MOVE ! $ < THE SOLDIERS REMOVE THEIR GAS-CAPES . $ THEY ARE DRESSED AS ROMAN LEGIONARIES UNDERNEATH . $ GENERAL SURPRISE . > $ 04 THE CROWD ! $ IT 'S VANISHED ! $ 03 < ( PALE ) > $ VANISHED ? $ 06 THE TELEVISION CAMERAS ARE STILL THERE ! $ 04 CAMERAS ? $ THOSE AREN'T CAMERAS . $ THOSE ARE OUR REGIMENTAL EAGLES , PILED FOR THE NIGHT . $ < SUDDEN LAUGHTER FROM THE SOLDIERS WHILE THE REBEL RIPS OFF HIS COAT , TO REVEAL THE UNIFORM OF A LEGIONARY LIKE THE OT HERS . > $ 03 < ( ON THE VERGE OF PANIC ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU ALL LAUGHING AT ? $ 02 THE CLOTHES YOU WEAR , MAXIMUS SEVERUS . $ YOU DRESS LIKE A BARBARIAN . $ 03 A BARBARIAN ? $ < ( SUDDENLY TREMENDOUS , CHANGING IN CHARACTER IN SPITE OF HIMSELF . ) > $ I 'M IN COMMAND HERE ! $ PUT YOUR UNIFORMS ON AT ONCE ! $ WE 'RE ON THE TELEVISION IN HALF AN HOUR ! $ < ( NOTHING HAPPENS . ) > $ SERGEANT , ARREST THEM ALL ! $ 01 < ( COMPASSIONATE ) > $ YOUR WITS ARE FRAYED BY THE WEIGHT OF YOUR DECISION , MAXIMU S SEVERUS . $ PRAY TO THE GODDESS OF THE NIGHT FOR REST FREE FROM PHANTOMS . $ 03 < ( TO THE ARCHBISHOP , HYSTERICAL ) > $ HELP US , YOUR GRACE . $ PRAY FOR SANITY ! $ 06 < ( SERIOUS ) > $ I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PRAY FOR PROWESS IN WAR AND WEALTH AND POTENCY , BUT NEVER HAVE I BEEN ASKED TO PRAY FOR SANITY . $ < HE BEGINS ROCKING WITH LAUGHTER , IN WHICH THE MEN JOIN . $ HE TAKES OFF HIS MITRE AND THROWS IT GAILY INTO THE AIR AND OUT OF SIGHT . > $ 03 YOU TOO ? $ OH MY GOD . $ 06 < ( ABRUPTLY STERN AND MENACING ) > $ WHAT WAS THAT ? $ GOD - IN THE SINGULAR ? $ BEWARE OF THUNDERBOLTS , MY POOR MISGUIDED BOY . $ JOVE IS INDEED KING OF OLYMPUS , FATHER OF THE GODS , BUT IN FLATTERING HIM IT IS UNWISE , MOST UNWISE , TO IGNORE THE O THERS . $ 03 < ( HARDLY AUDIBLE . ) > $ THE OTHERS ? $ 06 < ( NODS SAGELY ) > $ LET US PRAY . $ O MIGHTY MARS , CREATOR OF WIDOWS , FOUNT OF TEARS , LEND US YOUR EAR IN YOUR INFINITE MERCELESSNESS , AND HEAR OUR PRAY ER . $ #10 $ GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY VICTIM , AND TEACH US TO KILL WIT HOUT COMPASSION , SO THAT OUR CIVILIZING MISSION MAY GO UNHI NDERED BY CRIES OF MERCY OR THE YELLS OF THE DESPOILED . $ BLIND US TO CHARITY , AND DEAFEN US TO ENTREATY , FOR EVER , AND EVER . $ AMEN . $ < THE GENERAL RIPS OFF HIS CAP . $ HE WEARS A VICTOR'S LAURELS . $ HE THROWS OFF HIS GREATCOAT . $ HE IS DRESSED AS A ROMAN GENERAL . > $ 03 < ( ALL SMILES ) > $ WAS THAT A GOOD JOKE , MEN ? $ 15 A VERY GOOD JOKE , MAXIMUS SEVERUS . $ < HE ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR CHEERS LIKE AN UNTRUSTWORTHY MODERN WRESTLER . $ QUIETLY A YOUNG ROMAN WANDERS INTO THE STAGE . > $ 01 < ( STERN ) > $ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN , JULIAN ? $ 09 THERE ARE FLOWERS IN THIS VALLEY WHICH BLOOM LATE ... LIT TLE FLOWERS WE DON'T HAVE IN ITALY ... WITHOUT MUCH COLOUR , BUT WITH A STRONG AND WHOLESOME SMELL ... $ < HE CUPS HIS HAND TO SMELL THE FLOWERS BETTER . > $ 03 WHICH END OF THE VALLEY ? $ 09 THE FAR END , AMONG THE OLIVE TREES . $ 03 WHERE THE ENEMY LIES ENCAMPED ? $ 09 < ( PLEASANT ) > $ YES . $ EXACTLY THERE . $ I TALKED TO THEIR SENTRIES . $ < A MURMUR OF EXCITEMENT . > $ 03 < ( HOLDING UP HIS HAND FOR SILENCE ) > $ DRESSED IN YOUR UNIFORM ? $ 09 < ( SMILING ) > $ OH YES , I HAVEN'T CHANGED . $ 08 OUR JULIAN , A HERO ! $ 03 IN WHAT LANGUAGE DID YOU CONVERSE ? $ 09 IN THE LANGUAGE OF SIGNS . $ MEN CAN ALWAYS MAKE THEMSELVES UNDERSTOOD IF THEY WANT TO BA DLY ENOUGH . $ 03 < ( EXCITED ) > $ WELL , MAN , OUT WITH IT ! $ WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT ? $ WILL THEY ATTACK TOMORROW ? $ 09 < ( LAUGHING ) > $ OH NO , I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN HOW TO FRAME SUCH A QUESTION . $ AND EVEN IF I COULD HAVE DONE , I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF THE ANSWER . $ 03 < ( IRRITATED ) > $ DID YOU SEE NOTHING , AT LEAST ? $ 09 OH YES . $ IT 'S AMAZING THE WAY THE OLIVE TREES GO ALMOST INTO THE SEA DOWN THERE . $ #11 $ I 'VE NEVER SEEN OLIVE TREES GROW SO CLOSE TO SALT WATER . $ 03 < ( FRANKLY ANNOYED ) > $ BUT THE TENTS ? $ THE ACTIVITY ? $ 09 TENTS ? $ YES , I SAW QUITE A FEW , BUT I DIDN'T LIKE TO LOOK TOO CLOS ELY . $ 03 WHY ON EARTH NOT ? $ 09 THERE WERE PEOPLE INSIDE THEM . $ THEY MAY HAVE BEEN UNDRESSING . $ 03 < ( EXPLODING ) > $ GREAT GODS ! $ WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT , THEN ? $ 09 ABOUT FLOWERS . $ 03 I DON'T BELIEVE IT ! $ 01 < ( TAKING OVER FROM THE DEFEATED GENERAL ) > $ HOW MANY OF THEM DID YOU KILL , JULIAN ? $ 09 ME ? $ I DIDN'T KILL ANY . $ WE FOUND WE HAD A COMMON INTEREST , YOU SEE . $ 01 IMPERIAL ROME IS AT WAR , MAN ! $ YOU KNOW DAMN WELL THAT IS YOUR SACRED DUTY TO KILL THE OTHE R FELLOW BEFORE YOU HAVE TIME TO FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE A COMM ON INTEREST OR NOT ! $ 03 < ( TAKING OVER AGAIN , WITH TERRIBLE PATIENCE ) > $ JULIAN , I 'LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST CHANCE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAN D THE MEANING OF MILITARY DISCIPLINE . $ I DO THIS ONLY BECAUSE IT TAKES GREAT PHYSICAL COURAGE TO GO UP TO A BARBARIAN IN THE UNIFORM OF A ROMAN LEGIONARY THE W AY YOU DID . $ 09 WHY ? $ 03 THE FIRST LESSON , JULIAN , IS ... NEVER ASK QUESTIONS . $ 09 HOW WILL I EVER LEARN IF I DON'T ASK QUESTIONS ? $ 03 THERE YOU ARE UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY WRONG . $ IN ORDER TO OBEY ORDERS , IT IS BEST TO KNOW NOTHING . $ TO KNOW EVERYTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE , AND TO KNOW SOMETHING IS MERELY CONFUSING . $ 09 SINCE YOU SAY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW EVERYTHING , AND S INCE YOU KNOW MORE THAN ME , IT FOLLOWS THAT YOU MUST KNOW S OMETHING . $ 03 < ( TENSE ) > $ YOU ARE LOSING YOUR LAST CHANCE , JULIAN . $ STUPIDLY . $ YOU ARE LOSING IT STUPIDLY . $ YOUR GENERAL TELLS YOU THAT FIELD IS RED , SOLDIER . $ WHAT IS YOUR REPLY ? $ #12 $ 09 WHICH FIELD ? $ 03 < ( SUCCUMBING TO HIS EXASPERATION ) > $ THAT FIELD . $ ANY FIELD ,. $ THEY 'RE ALL RED ! $ 09 < ( AFTER A MOMENT ) > $ I SUPPOSE IT IS - SOMETIMES - WHEN THE SUN IS SETTING . $ 03 < ( ROARING ) > $ NOT WHEN THE SUN IS SETTING . $ NOW ! $ NOW ! $ 09 < ( RATIONAL ) > $ NO , SIR , NOT NOW . $ NOW THE FIELD IS GREEN . $ 01 < ( HOWLING ) > $ IDIOT ! $ 03 < ( AFTER A MOMENT ) > $ JULIAN , WATCH THIS . $ YOUR GENERAL TELLS YOU THAT FIELD IS RED . $ WHAT COLOUR IS THAT FIELD ? $ 15 RED ! $ 03 NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND ? $ 09 < ( CONTEMPLATING THE FIELD ) > $ IT HASN'T MADE IT ANY REDDER , IF THAT 'S WHAT YOU MEAN , GE NERAL . $ 03 < ( WITH A HOPELESS GESTURE ) > $ TAKE HIM AWAY , AND KILL HIM AS AN EXAMPLE . $ 09 SINCE I 'M THE MOST STUPID , GENERAL , WHO CAN I BE AN EX AMPLE TO ? $ THEY ALL THINK THE FIELD IS RED . $ 05 < ( IN A SUDDEN OUTBURST ) > $ HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT FIELD IS RED ? $ THAT 'S BLASPHEMY , YOU KNOW , TO CHANGE THE COLOUR OF JOVE' S GREEN FIELDS WITHOUT PERMISSION . $ < THE GENERAL HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT . $ HE LOOKS UNEASILY AT THE ARCHBISHOP . > $ 06 < ( ILL AT EASE ) > $ THE PRETTY THING MAY BE RIGHT . $ JOVE'S HUGE EAR IS EVERYWHERE . $ < ( THE STAGE GROWS DARKER . ) > $ SEE THAT BLACK THUNDER CLOUD WHICH HAS COME BETWEEN US AND T HE SUN ? $ THE WEATHER IS BUT THE CHANGING MOOD OF THE FATHER OF THE GO DS . $ 03 < ( CALLING TO HEAVEN ) > $ SMILE ON US , JOVE ! $ I MEANT NOTHING BY MY WORDS ! $ THE FIELD IS GREEN ! $ WHAT COLOUR IS THE FIELD , MEN . $ 15 GREEN ! $ 06 SEE HOW THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE CLOUD SUDDENLY TURNS D OWN . $ 03 YES ... $ YES , I DO ... LIKE THE TONGUE OF A DYING BULL . $ 06 MORE LIKE A DOWN-TURNED THUMB AT SOME CELESTIAL GAMES . $ #13 $ 05 < ( WITH TRANCE-LIKE AUTHORITY ) > $ JULIAN MUST NOT DIE ! $ THEY ALL GLANCE AT HER , THEN BACK AT THE SKY . > $ 06 SEE , THE THUMB BEGINS TO TURN UP ... AND UP ... AND UP . .. $ 03 < ( DELIGHTED ) > $ YES ! $ STAY THE EXECUTION ! $ 06 < ( TO THE WIFE ) > $ WHO ARE YOU ? $ 05 A GIRL FROM THESE PARTS . $ 06 < ( TENDERLY ) > $ HOW OFTEN THE GODS SPEAK TO US THROUGH THE MOUTHS OF INNOCEN TS ! $ NOW JULIAN WILL NOT DIE . $ HE WILL JUST BE WHIPPED FOR INSUBORDINATION AS USUAL . $ ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL ? $ AREN'T YOU GOING TO THANK HER , JULIAN ? $ 09 THANK YOU VERY MUCH . $ 05 WHY IS HE TO BE WHIPPED ? $ 03 HE FAILED TO KILL AN ENEMY WHEN HE HAD A GOLDEN OPPORTUNI TY . $ 05 BUT THERE WERE MORE OF THEM THAN HIM . $ IF HE 'D KILLED ONE OF THEM , THE OTHERS WOULD HAVE KILLED H IM . $ 09 < ( WITH THE PATIENCE OF A NANNY ) > $ IF THEY 'D HAVE KILLED HIM , THERE 'D BE NO CAUSE TO WHIP HI M NOW , WOULD THERE ? $ I MEAN , YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS . $ 05 I DON'T UNDERSTAND . $ 03 < ( AMUSED ) > $ SHE 'S AS BAD AS JULIAN . $ 06 < ( EQUALLY AMUSED ) > $ PRETTIER , THOUGH . $ 03 < ( CALLING OUT ) > $ WHIP JULIAN , AND PREPARE FOR BATTLE . $ WE MARCH WITHIN THE DOOR ! $ 01 ABOUT TURN , LEF' , RI' , LEF' , RI' - STEP SMARTLY THERE ! $ 06 < ( DETAINING THE GENERAL ) > $ OH , MAXIMUS SEVERUS , ALMIGHTY JOVE MAY WELL REQUIRE A PENA NCE FOR YOUR OUTRAGE . $ IT WOULD BE BEST IF YOU FOUGHT WITH YOUR SWORD IN YOUR LEFT HAND . $ 03 < ( AMAZED ) > $ IN MY LEFT HAND ? $ THAT 'S SUICIDE ! $ WHERE DO YOU READ YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ? $ 06 < ( TESTY ) > $ NEVER MIND . $ TO EACH MAN HIS CALLING . $ < ( THERE IS AN OMINOUS ROLL OF THUNDER . $ 'I TOLD YOU SO ' . ) > $ YOU STICK TO CONQUESTS , MAXIMUS SEVERUS , AND LEAVE THE GOD S TO ME . $ 03 < ( CALLING OUT ) > $ I WILL FIGHT WITH MY SWORD IN MY LEFT HAND . $ < THERE IS A FLASH OF LIGHTNING . > $ #14 $ 06 THE GODS ARE GRATIFIED . $ < ( THE GENERAL EXITS . $ THE ARCHBISHOP IS ALONE WITH THE WIFE - EXCEPT FOR THE REBEL , WHO LINGERS UNSEEN . ) > $ PRECIOUS GIRL ! $ COME , MY LITTLE ORACLE , LET ME TOUCH YOU ... $ 05 NO . $ 06 WHY NOT ? $ 05 YOU FRIGHTEN ME . $ 06 PERISH THE THOUGHT ! $ I ONLY WISH TO CAPTURE A PARTICLE OF THE DIVINE GRACE WHICH HAS PASSED THROUGH YOU . $ 05 IT WAS COMMON SENSE MORE THAN ANYTHING . $ < ( RETREATING . ) > $ HOW MANY STROKES WILLL THEY GIVE JULIAN ? $ 06 < ( REASONABLE ) > $ FIVE HUNDRED . $ 05 < ( HORRIFIED ) > $ FIVE HUNDRED ! $ 06 THOSE ARE THE REGULATIONS . $ BUT DON'T WORRY , MY SWEET CHILD , THERE 'S NOT A MAN IN THE RANKS WHO CAN COUNT COMFORTABLY BEYOND FIFTY . $ COME NOW , GRATIFY MY CRAVING . $ LET ME TOUCH YOU , MY DARLING - MY DESIRE TO DO SO SPRINGS F ROM A PURELY RELIGIOUS URGE . $ 04 IT 'S AMAZING HOW MANY RELIGIOUS URGES LIE AT THE SOURCE OF PURELY SECULAR ACTS . $ 06 WHERE HAVE YOU SPRUNG FROM , DEMENTIUS PRAECOX ? $ 04 I HAVE BEEN LOITERING . $ AN ARTIST CAN ALWAYS EXCUSE HIS CURIOSITY ON THE GROUNDS OF A SEARCH FOR MATERIAL . $ 06 TAKE NO NOTICE OF HIM , MY BEAUTY . $ HE 'S A POOR FOOL OF A SCULPTOR THEY KEEP AROUND TO DECORATE TRIUMPHAL ARCHES AT THE END OF MINOR CAMPAIGNS . $ 04 YES , MY BEAUTY , AND IF YOU EXAMINE THE ARCHES CAREFULLY , YOU WILL SEE THE POOR FOOL'S COMMENTS ON THE MORTAL FARCE ETCHED ON THE FACES OF THE HEROES . $ 06 THE SUBVERSIVE NATURE OF YOUR SCULPTURE HAS NOT BEEN LOST ON US . $ WHY , IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL YOUR GODS AND YOUR MEN APART . $ EVEN IF YOU ARE IN AN AGNOSTIC , AT LEAST REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A ROMAN ! $ THE WORLD LOOKS TO YOU FOR AN EXAMPLE . $ 04 A ROMAN ? $ YES , ALAS . $ A DESPICABLE RACE . $ GARRULOUS , SELF-IMPORTANT , SUPERSTITIOUS , HYPOCRITICAL . $ THERE 'S SO MUCH STILL TO LEARN , AND WHAT DO WE DO ? $ WE TEACH . $ #15 $ 06 GREAT JOVE ! $ WE TOLERATE YOU ONLY BECAUSE , UP TO NOW , THE GODS HAVE TOL ERATED YOU . $ 04 THE GODS TOLERATE ME BECAUSE THEY DON'T EXIST ! $ ONLY MAN EXISTS . $ < THERE IS A LOUD PEAL OF THUNDER . > $ 06 < ( CRINGING ) > $ FOOL ! $ 04 THAT WAS A PEAL OF THUNDER , A NATURAL PHENOMENON WITH A PURELY SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION . $ IF , ON THE OTHER HAND , YOU PERSIST IN MAINTAINING THE ALMI GHTY JOVE AIMED A THUNDERBOLT AT ME , THEN , YOU MUST ADMIT , HE HAD THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE OF MISSING . $ < ( HE HOLDS OUT HIS HAND . ) > $ AND SO , MY DEAR , DON'T BE BAMBOOZLED BY THAT OLD MAN . $ HE IS NOT AN AGENT OF THE GODS , BUT A MAN IN PRIEST'S CLOTH ING . $ BE WARNED . $ < THE REBEL EXITS . > $ 06 INSUFFERABLE BLASPHEMER ! $ COME , MY DEAR , YOU MUST BE EXORCISED , IN CASE HIS SACRILE GE HAS TAINTED THE PRISTINE LOVELINESS OF YOUR SOUL . $ IN THE TEMPLE OF VENUS ,, YOUR PATRON ! $ 05 WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO ? $ 06 UNDRESS . $ JUST SLIP OFF YOUR TUNIC . $ 05 IN FRONT OF YOU ? $ 06 WHERE ELSE ? $ THE LITTLE DEMONS HAVE ENTERED YOU BY YOUR EARS . $ TOGETHER WE WILL WINKLE THE WICKED LITTLE FELLOWS OUT OF ALL THE ORIFICES WHERE THEY MAY BE HIDING . $ 05 < ( ESCAPING ) > $ YOU WISH TO FIND PLEASURE IN ME , NOT DEMONS . $ 06 IN THAT IT IS A PLEASURE FOR A HIGH PRIEST TO WINKLE OUT DEMONS , THAT IS QUITE TRUE . $ 05 YOU WISH TO LIE WITH ME ! $ 06 LIE WITH YOU , STAND WITH YOU , ROLL WITH YOU ... THE DEM ONS DEFY MOST POSITIONS . $ COME ALONG NOW , YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ME . $ IT IS MORE AN ECCLESIASTICAL FORMALITY THAN ANYTHING ELSE . $ 05 LEAVE ME ALONE ! $ < SHE RUNS OFF . > $ 06 COME BACK ! $ COME HERE , IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT 'S HOLY ! $ < HE FOLLOWS HER , AS THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER STAGGERS ON . $ HE IS STRIPPED TO THE WAIST AND COVERED IN BLOOD . $ #16 $ THE SERGEANT HELPS HIM TO WALK . > $ 09 YOU OVERDO EVERYTHING YOU PUT YOUR HANDS TO . $ 01 < WITH THE GENTLENESS OF ONE WHO KNOWS HE HAS GONE TOO FA R ) > $ I LOST COUNT . $ 09 YOU LOST COUNT MORE THAN ONCE , AND EVERY TIME YOU STARTE D ALL OVER AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING . $ < HE SINKS TO THE GROUND . > $ 01 REST A WHILE , JULIAN . $ I 'LL SEE TO IT THAT YOU 'RE IN THE BACK ROW OF THE PHALANX . $ 09 THAT 'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS ARMY OF OURS . .. ONE MOMENT YOU 'RE LIKE A BLOODTHIRSTY ANIMAL ... NEXT , YOU 'RE ALL OVER ME , LIKE A CHILDLESS AUNT . $ AND THE OTHERS ... THEY WERE HAPPY TO WATCH ME BEING FLOGGED ... THEN THEY COME GAPING AT MY WOUNDS , AND OFFERING TO CA RRY MY SPEAR INTO BATTLE FOR ME . $ 01 < ( SQUATTING BESIDE HIM , GENTLE AND REASONABLE ) > $ THAT 'S WHAT 'S KNOWN AS SOLDIERLY COMRADESHIP , JULIAN ... I 'VE BEEN WHIPPED MORE OFTEN THAN I CARE TO REMEMBER ... I WASN'T ALWAYS A SERGEANT , YOU KNOW ... NO , CAME UP THROUGH THE RANKS , I DID ... $ WOULD YOU CARE TO SEE MY SCARS ? $ 09 NOT NOW , THANK YOU . $ 01 ANY TIME , ANY TIME , JUST ASK . $ CAME A TIME I NO LONGER MINDED THE WHIP . $ RATHER LIKED IT , IN FACT . $ PROVED TO ME I WAS A MAN . $ 09 DON'T YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PROOF ? $ I MEAN ... $ 01 < ( CONFIDENTIAL AND SLOW ) > $ CIVILIANS DON'T HAVE OUR SPIRIT , LAD , BECAUSE THEY 'RE NEV ER CRUEL ENOUGH TO ONE ANOTHER TO BE SURPRISED BY ANOTHER'S KINDNESS . $ 09 YES , THAT 'S A POINT . $ 01 YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT . $ MEANWHILE , LIE IN THE SUN AND LET THE BLOOD CONGEAL . $ YOU 'LL BE A NEW MAN IN ABOUT A MONTH . $ REPORT TO MY TENT IN A QUARTER OF AN HOUR . $ I 'VE GOT A LITTLE ISCHIAN WINE HIDDEN IN MY PACK . $ WE 'LL SHARE IT . $ #17 $ < THE SERGEANT RUFFLES THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER'S HAIR AFFECTIONA TELY , AND GOES . $ THE WIFE RUNS ON STAGE , HER CLOTHES IN TATTERS , FOLLOWED B Y THE ARCHBISHOP , WHO SEEMS ON THE VERGE OF A HEART ATTACK . $ 05 < ( FALLING ON HER KNEES ) > $ OH , JULIAN . $ WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU ? $ 09 WHY ARE YOU CLOTHES TORN ? $ 06 BECAUSE SHE 'S A DISOBEDIENT COUNTRY GIRL , WHO DOESN'T R ECOGNIZE FRIENDSHIP WHEN SHE SEES IT ... $ < ( GLANCING SKYWARD . ) > $ APOLLO HAS ALMOST GALLOPED INTO THE FREE AIR AGAIN ... I MUS T PREPARE TO GIVE VICTORY HER WINGS ... $ < HE WALKS SLOWLY OFF , HOLDING HIS HEART . > $ 05 YOUR POOR BACK ... IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO EASY TO SAY THE FIELD WAS RED . $ 09 EASY ? $ I DON'T THINK SO . $ IF I ADMIT THAT , I 'D BE CAPABLE OF ADMITTING ANYTHING . $ 05 AND CAN'T YOU ? $ 09 CAN YOU ? $ THEY MAY FLOG YOU YET , FOR HAVING RUN AWAY FROM THE HIGH PR IEST . $ COULD YOU HAVE GIVEN IN TO HIM ? $ 05 NO . $ 09 HOW OLD ARE YOU ? $ 05 NINETEEN . $ AND I HAVE A ROMAN NAME . $ VIRGINIA . $ 09 WHERE DO YOU LIVE , VIRGINIA ? $ 05 I LIVE ON MY UNCLE'S FARM , OVER THERE , ON THE HILL . $ IT 'S NOT MUCH OF A FARM . $ ONE ROOM FOR HIM , HIS FAMILY AND THE ANIMALS . $ I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN MY SECRET CAVE NEAR THE STREAM . $ COME WITH ME . $ I 'LL SHOW IT YOU . $ I 'LL WASH YOUR WOUNDS . $ < HE CAN HARDLY MOVE , BUT DOES . > $ 09 WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR CAVE ? $ 05 I DREAM MOSTLY . $ 09 WHAT ELSE IS THERE FOR THE IGNORANT TO DO ? $ WE CAN'T READ - WE CAN HEAR , BUT WE CAN'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND . $ BUT WE CAN FLY LIKE BIRDS INTO A WORLD OF COLOUR AND OF SOUN D , WHICH DON'T NEED EXPLANATION . $ 05 AND MEET ABOVE THE CLOUDS , WHERE WE CAN'T MAKE FOOLS OF OURSELVES . $ #18 $ 09 < ( A SUDDEN REALIZATION ) > $ PERHAPS THAT 'S WHY THEY PUNISH ME SO OFTEN . $ 05 WHY ? $ 09 I DO ALL MY DREAMING DURING THE DAY ... $ < THEY EXIT , WALKING AT THE PACE OF THE INVALID . $ THERE IS A NOISE OF MARCHING MEN . $ THE SOLDIERS ENTER , THE GENERAL AT THEIR HEAD . $ HE CARRIES HIS SWORD IN HIS LEFT HAND . $ THE SERGEANT BRINGS UP THE REAR . > $ 01 LEF' , RI' , LEF' , HALT ! $ 03 AT EASE , MEN . $ WHERE 'S JULIAN ? $ DIDN'T YOU LEAVE HIM HERE ? $ 01 YES , GENERAL , ON THIS VERY SPOT . $ 03 DIDN'T WHIP HIM TOO HARD , DID YOU ? $ 01 WHAT , ME ? $ WE WERE LAUGHING AND JOKING ABOUT IT ! $ HE MUST BE ABLE TO MOVE , MUSTN'T HE ? $ OTHERWISE HE 'D STILL BE HERE ! $ < THE SUN BURSTS OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS BLINDINGLY . $ THE ARCHBISHOP RUSHES ON . $ HE CARRIES A DEAD BIRD IN ONE HAND AND A SLING IN THE OTHER . > $ 06 VICTORY , VICTORY , VICTORY IS OURS ! $ GREAT IS MARS , AND WE ARE HIS GREATNESS ! $ NOT ONLY HAS GOLDEN APOLLO SHED HIS GREAT LIGHT UPON US , BU T I HAVE KILLED A PIGEON IN FLIGHT , WHICH , WHEN I OPENED I T , REVEALED ITSELF TO POSSESS TWO LIVERS ! $ YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ! $ A MIRACLE ! $ < A GREAT CHEER GOES UP . > $ 15 VICTORY ! $ VICTORY TO ROME ! $ 04 < ( ENTERING ) > $ YOU DROPPED THIS I BELIEVE , YOUR LORDSHIP . $ 06 WHAT IS IT ? $ 04 ANOTHER DEAD BIRD , YOUR LORDSHIP , AND VERY PROBABLY ANO THER MIRACLE AS WELL , FOR THIS ONE EVIDENTLY WAS BORN WITH NO LIVER AT ALL . $ 06 WHERE DID YOU FIND IT ? $ 04 I FOLLOWED YOU , YOUR LORDSHIP , AND IT FELL OUT OF YOUR ROBES . $ 06 GIVE IT HERE THIS INSTANT ! $ < ( HE SEIZES IT IN EMBARRASSMENT . ) > $ YOU FOLLOWED ME WHERE ? $ 04 TO THE DOVECOTE IN THE VILLAGE , WHERE YOU KILLED TWO DOM ESTICATED DOVES AND STUFFED THE LIVER OF ONE INTO THE OTHER . $ #19 $ ALMIGHTY JOVE TURNED A BLIND EYE . $ 06 LISTEN TO HIM , AND THE EARTH WILL OPEN UP AND SEND US AL L HEADLONG INTO THE LOWER REGIONS . $ I GUARANTEE IT ! $ < THERE IS AN ANGRY MURMUR AMONG THE MEN . > $ 03 I WILL NOT STAND FOR BLASPHEMY , IS THAT CLEAR , NOT IN T HE RANKS , NOT BEFORE BATTLE . $ HEY , SCULPTOR , YOU OF THE REMOTE PASSION AND THE DELICATE HANDS , COME WITH US AND SEE AT FIRST HAND THE HEROISM YOU S O GLIBLY DEPICT ON MEMORIALS . $ 04 I AM DISPENSED OF ACTIVE DUTY AS AN OFFICIAL WAR ARTIST . $ 03 SEIZE HIM ! $ YOU WILL BE AT THE APEX OF OUR ATTACK , UNARMED ! $ 04 < ( WITH A WAN SMILE ) > $ AND YOU WILL BE JUST BEHIND ME , ARMED TO THE TEETH . $ YOU KNOW HOW TO KILL ; PERHAPS I CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO DIE . $ I AM NOT AFRAID , BECAUSE MY STATUES WILL OUTLIVE THE EMPIRE . $ < THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ENTERS . $ THE WIFE HOLDS HIM BY THE HAND . > $ 01 < ( ROUGH ) > $ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ? $ PICKING FLOWERS AGAIN ? $ < THERE IS A RIPPLE OF LAUGHTER . > $ 03 JOIN THE LINE , JULIAN . $ WITH DEMENTIUS PRAECOX IN THE VAN . $ 09 NARCISSUS TOLD ME I 'D BE NEAR THE BACK . $ 01 I NEVER ! $ 09 YOU DID ! $ YOU EVEN OFFERED ME SOME WINE . $ 01 WINE ? $ WHERE WOULD I GET WINE FROM ? $ 03 WINE ? $ I 'VE NEVER HEARD YOU WISH FOR WINE BEFORE , JULIAN . $ < ( PUZZLED . ) > $ ARE YOU AFRAID ? $ 09 YES , VERY . $ 03 WHAT HAS MADE A COWARD OUT OF YOU ? $ 09 THE WISH TO LIVE , I THINK . $ 03 THE WISH TO LIVE ? $ < SLOWLY HE TURNS , AND LOOKS AT THE WIFE . > $ 05 WHEN WILL YOU BE BACK ? $ 03 PERHAPS NEVER . $ WHY DO YOU WISH TO KNOW ? $ #20 $ 05 I AM HIS WIFE . $ < SLOWLY A GALE OF LAUGHTER SWEEPS THE STAGE , AND ALL ARE A FFECTED EXCEPT THE WIFE , THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND THE REBEL . $ WHEN THE LAUGHTER THREATENS TO DIE OUT , 35914 SUDDENLY REME MBERS , AND REPEATS . > $ 02 WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ? $ PICKING FLOWERS AGAIN ? $ < THE LAUGHTER SURGES AGAIN , BUT THE GENERAL CALLS FOR ORDE R . > $ 03 < ( IN GOOD HUMOUR ) > $ THAT 'S ENOUGH , MEN . $ WE HAVE ENJOYED OUR LAUGH . $ LINE UP . $ FORWARD MARCH . $ LET 'S HAVE THE SONG OF THE OLD WHORE OF POMPEII . $ < GREAT ACCLAIM GREETS THIS IDEA . $ AS THEY GO , THEY SING A MARCHING SONG . > $ 10 < ( SINGING ) > $ THERE WAS AN OLD WHORE OF POMPEII WHO HAD MORE THAN HAD HER DAYII , TO SURVIVE COMPETITION , SHE GOT THE PERMISSION TO C HARGE ONLY TEN PENCE A LAYII . $ 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 < ( SINGING ) > $ O - A PENNY FOR THIS , A PENNY FOR THAT , A PENNY EACH FOR A TIT AND TAT , A PENNY FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FAT BUT WAS SADLY SHRIVELLED AND HORRIBLY FLAT . $ . $ O - A PENNY FOR THAT , A PENNY FOR THIS , A PENNY EACH FOR A HIT AND A MISS , A PENNY FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BLISS . $ HOLD YOUR BREATH AS YOU GIVE HER A KISS . $ < THE WIFE FOLLOWS THEM AS THEY MARCH , WAVING INTO THE DIST ANCE . $ THE ARCHBISHOP JUST STANDS THERE , THE DEAD BIRDS IN HIS HAN DS . $ A SUBTLE BUT PERCEPTIBLE CHANGE COMES OVER HIM . $ THE WIFE RETURNS , AND BEGINS TO EXIT . > $ 06 < ( INTIMATE AND MELANCHOLY ) > $ VIRGINIA . $ I WILL NOT HARM YOU . $ THE FEVER 'S PAST . $ 05 DON'T YOU MARCH WITH THEM ? $ #21 $ 06 NO . $ I MUST PREPARE THE TRIUMPH AND REHEARSE THE LAMENTATIONS . $ 05 I 'LL LEAVE YOU THEN . $ 06 NOT YET , PLEASE . $ IT TAKES SO MUCH LONGER TO UNDERSTAND ONE'S ACTIONS THAN TO PERFORM THEM . $ I HAVE KILLED TWO DOVES . $ WHY ? $ I ONLY RARELY LOOK AT BIRDS WHEN THEY ARE ALIVE ... THEY MOV E ABOUT , AND FLUTTER ... THEY 'RE RATHER STUPID , I SUSPECT ... I NOTICE THEM OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE , AND I NEVER FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY ... THEY KNOW HOW TO SAVE THEMSELVES MUCH BETTER THAN I KNOW HOW TO DESTROY THEM . $ EVEN IF I KILL THEM OCCASIONALLY FOR FOOD , I 'M NOT REALLY KILLING A BIRD ... I 'M KILLING A DISH , A PIE ... IN MY MIN D , IT 'S ALREADY STEAMING ON A PLATE . $ BUT TO KILL THESE BIRDS AS I DID WITHOUT REASON , WITHOUT HO NOUR , MAKES YOU NOTICE YOUR VICTIM . $ < ( HE LOOKS DOWN AT THE BIRDS . ) > $ LOOK AT THE MIRACULOUS NETWORK OF FEATHERS ! $ THE LITTLE BODIES ARE GROWING COLD IN MY HANDS . $ THEIR BLUE EYES ARE STARING AT ME AS THOUGH SURPRISED THAT M AN , WHO HAS BEEN THROWING CRUMBS AT THEM ALL THEIR LIVES , SHOULD SUDDENLY TURN SO TREACHEROUS . $ ONE OF THEM HAS AN OLIVE BRANCH IN ITS BEAK . $ < ( DEEPLY DISTURBED . ) > $ TELL ME , VIRGINIA , IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOVE ? $ 05 IS IT POSSIBLE NOT TO LOVE ? $ 06 I DESERVED SUCH A CRUEL ANSWER . $ 05 THE MONTHS ARE PASSING AS WE STAND HERE TALKING ... AND W E ALWAYS SAY THE SAME WORDS ... AND EVERY TIME I TELL YOU TH E TRUTH , YOU ALWAYS SAY I AM CRUEL , AND ALWAYS ASK FOR MOR E ... WINTER IS HERE ... CAN YOU FEEL IT ? $ AND NOW IT 'S ALMOST SPRING ... I FEEL UNWELL ... I MUST GET READY ... $ 06 SO SOON ? $ 05 < ( IN PAIN ) > $ I MUST GET READY ... $ < SHE GOES , WITH DIFFICULTY . $ THE ARCHBISHOP LOOKS AT THE BIRDS IN SILENCE . > $ 06 I 'D GIVE THE REST OF MY LIFE IF YOU COULD ONLY FLY AWAY ... $ < HE KNEELS TO BURY THEM . $ FROM FAR AWAY , OUT OF TUNE , WE CAN HEAR THE SONG OF THE OL D WHORE OF POMPEII . $ IT GROWS IN INTENSITY , BUT SEEMS IN A MINOR KEY . $ THE GENERAL LEADS HIS MEN ON . $ HE IS INTACT , BUT THE SOLDIERS HAVE LAST LEGS , ARMS , HAND S , EYES , FEET . $ #22 $ BEHIND THEM ARE THREE PRISONERS IN CHAINS . $ THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND THE REBEL ARE MISSING . $ THE GENERAL HALTS ; THE MEN LIKEWISE . $ THE GENERAL RAISES HIS SWORD , OF WHICH ONLY THE HILT AND A FEW INCHES OF BLADE REMAIN . > $ 03 VICTORY ! $ 06 < ( HOLLOW ) > $ THE GODS , IN THEIR INFINITE UNDERSTANDING , HAVE BLESSED OU R ARMS . $ 03 BRING FORWARD THE PRISONERS ! $ LET THE CHRONICLE READ THAT MAXIMUS SEVERUS , TAMER OF THE I LLYRIANS , SCOURGE OF THE BULGARS , FLAGELLATOR OF THE AVARS , HAS WON HIS MOST GOLDEN VICTORY ! $ < VERY FEEBLE CHEER FROM THE MEN . > $ 01 < ( GRIM ) > $ WAIT FOR IT ! $ 03 < ( CONTINUING ) > $ HIS VICTORY OF VICTORIES , BY PUTTING TO FLIGHT THE ... WHAT IS THE NAME OF YOUR PEOPLE AGAIN ? $ 11 THE OSWINGOTHS . $ 03 OSWINGOTHS ? $ ARE YOU SURE ? $ 11 WE ARE AN INDO-EUROPEAN PEOPLE WITH AN UGRO-FINNISH STRAI N , THE SECOND COUSINS , AS IT WERE , OF THE OSTROGOTHS AND THE VISIGOTHS , AND LIKE ALL SMALL TRIBES , WE WERE SEARCHIN G FOR A PEACEFUL VALLEY TO SETTLE IN . $ 03 YOU SPEAK REMARKABLY GOOD LATIN , IF I MAY SAY SO . $ 11 < ( APOLOGETIC ) > $ VERY FEW PEOPLE SPEAK OSWINGOTHIC . $ WE ALL KNOW AT LEAST THREE LANGUAGES , SINCE WE SUBSIST ON T HE MISTRUST OF GREAT PEOPLES FOR ONE ANOTHER . $ WE LIVE AS GO-BETWEENS . $ WE HAVE TO . $ WE ARE WEAK IN THE ARTS OF WAR . $ 03 < ( FLASHING ) > $ WEAK ? $ FOR THE PURPOSE OF MY TRIUMPH , YOU WILL BE A TOUGH , WARLIK E RACE , AND YOU , AS ITS KING , WILL HAVE THE HONOUR OF BEI NG DRAGGED THREE TIMES ROUND THE WALLS OF ROME BEHIND MY CHA RIOT . $ 11 THAT IS EXTREMELY GOOD OF YOU , BUT ISN'T THERE SOME OTHE R WAY IN WHICH YOU CAN GIVE EXPRESSION TO YOUR VANITY ? $ COULDN'T I , FOR INSTANCE , ENTER ROME COMFORTABLY IN A CAGE ? $ 03 YOU FOUGHT BRAVELY . $ YOU DESERVE THE BEST . $ 11 I 'M QUITE AGREEABLE TO BEING THROWN TO THE LIONS . $ 03 THE LIONS ? $ 11 WE ARE SUCH A POOR PEOPLE THAT WE ARE NATURALLY AVERSE TO WASTE . $ #23 $ EVEN AS YOU 'RE BEING EATEN BY A LION , YOU HAVE THE PLEASAN T FEELING THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST PROVIDING SOME NOURISHMENT , WHEREAS QUITE FRANKLY TO TRAVEL THREE TIMES 'ROUND THE WALL S OF ROME BEHIND YOU CHARIOT SEEMS TO ME A WASTE OF YOUR TIM E AND MY BODY . $ 03 ARE YOU TRYING TO INSULT ME ? $ 11 < ( WITH A SIGH ) > $ I HAVE THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE THE KIND OF PERSON ONE SUCCE EDS IN INSULTING FAR MORE OFTEN THAN ONE TRIES . $ AT LEAST BE CLEMENT TO MY DAUGHTER . $ 03 < ( SMILING GRIMLY ) > $ I AM TOO GENEROUS A MAN TO BE CONTENT WITH MERE CLEMENCY . $ TAKE HIM AWAY ! $ 11 BEWARE IF WE SHOULD EVER MEET AGAIN IN FREEDOM ! $ 03 YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION THEN ? $ 11 I HAVE TO . $ OUR PEOPLE COULD NOT LIVE IN HONOUR ON THIS EARTH WITHOUT A FERVENT BELIEF IN A SECOND CHANCE . $ YOU DON'T NEED SUCH A BELIEF FOR THE TIME BEING , BECAUSE YO U ARE ROMAN . $ 03 YOU ADMIT OUR SUPERIORITY ! $ 11 IN FORCE OF ARMS , YES . $ IN FAITH , NO . $ YOU DON'T NEED IT ... YET ... $ < THE GENERAL DRINKS DEEPLY FROM A FLASK , WAVING NEGLIGENTL Y WITH THE OTHER HAND . $ THE ENEMY LEADER IS TAKEN AWAY . > $ 06 WHERE IS JULIAN ? $ 03 BRING THE NEXT ONE FORWARD ! $ NO , LEAVE THE WOMAN TILL LAST ! $ WHO ARE YOU ? $ DO YOU HAVE THE RANK AND QUALITY TO BE DRAGGED 'ROUND ROME , OR ARE YOU FOR THE CAGE , THE SPITTLE AND THE URINE ? $ 12 < ( WHO SPEAKS , SURPRISINGLY , WITH A THICK GERMAN ACCEN T ) > $ FOR NEITHER , I THINK . $ 03 < ( WHO SHOWS EARLY SIGNS OF AN EVENTUAL INEBRIATION ) > $ THERE 'S PRESUMPTION FOR YOU ! $ WHAT ARE YOU , THEN , TO THINK YOURSELF ABOVE DEGRADATION ? $ A DAMNED POLITICIAN : $ 12 AN INVENTOR . $ 03 < ( AMUSED ) > $ INVENTOR ? $ WHAT HAVE YOU INVENTED ? $ 12 THE STIRRUP . $ 03 THE WHAT ? $ 12 THE STIRRUP . $ A RIDER PUTS HIS FOOT IN THE STIRRUP TO GUIDE THE HORSE , AN D WITH THE AID OF SPURS - ANOTHER OF MY INVENTIONS - SHARP P IECES OF METAL WORN ON THE HEEL - HE CAN ACCELERATE HIS HORS E WHILE MAINTAINING ENTIRE FREEDOM OF MANOEUVRE . $ #24 $ 03 < ( INTRIGUED ) > $ I NOTICED YOUR INVENTION AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BATTLE . $ YOUR LEADER COULD TURN MORE RAPIDLY THAN I COULD . $ 12 < ( CATEGORICAL AND AGGRESSIVE ) > $ THE P.M.F. IS INCREASED TENFOLD UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS . $ 03 P.M.F. ? $ 12 P.M.F. POWER OF MANOEUVRE FACTOR . $ 03 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK FOR ROME ? $ 12 HOW MUCH WOULD I BE PAID ? $ 03 YOU ARE DEFEATED ! $ DARE YOU BARGAIN WITH ME ? $ 12 I AM NEVER DEFEATED WHILE THE STIRRUP LIVES ! $ WITHOUT THE STIRRUP , I GIVE THE ROMAN EMPIRE TWENTY-FIVE YE ARS -THIRTY MAXIMUM . $ 03 BUT WE HAVE THE STIRRUP NOW ! $ 12 < ( TAPPING HIS HEAD LACONICALLY ) > $ YOU THINK I WOULD BE SO FOOLISH AS TO EXPLAIN MY INVENTION T O YOU IF I DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING UP HERE WHICH WILL MAKE EVE N THE STIRRUP LOOK RIDICULOUS ? $ 03 WHAT IS IT ? $ 12 HOW MUCH WILL I BE PAID ? $ 03 YOU 'RE NOT AN OSWINGOTH , ARE YOU ? $ 12 < ( FOR A MOMENT LACHRYMOSE AND WORLD-WEARY ) > $ OH , NEVER MIND WHERE I COME FROM ... I HAD TROUBLE AT HOME ... $ THE OSWINGOTHS DID NOT PAY WELL , BUT THEY GAVE ME A HUT OF MY OWN . $ < ( HIS AGGRESSION REAPPEARS . ) > $ THEY TREATED ME WITH RESPECT ... AND I DEMAND RESPECT ! $ 03 A HUNDRED TALENTS A MONTH . $ 12 TWO HUNDRED TALENTS A WEEK , WITH A LABORATORY OF MY OWN , AND FIFTEEN LITERATE SLAVES . $ 03 < ( STAGGERED ) > $ FIFTEEN SLAVES ? $ 12 IF THEY ARE GERMANIC , I CAN DO WITH SIX ; IF THEY ARE RO MAN , AT LEAST FIFTEEN . $ 03 DO YOU DARE ... $ 12 TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT . $ WATCH ROME GO TO DEFEAT , OR ELSE GIVE MY GENIUS THE POSSIBI LITY OF SAVING YOUR DECADENT CIVILIZATION A LITTLE LONGER . $ #25 $ 03 I WILL TAKE YOU TO ROME IN CHAINS . $ THE SENATE WILL DECIDE . $ 12 < ( STRIDENT ) > $ FOR EVERY HOUR THESE CHAINS ARE KEPT ON , MY PRICE WILL GO U P BY A TALENT A DAY ! $ 03 < ( SHOUTING ) > $ TAKE HIM TO ROME WITHOUT CHAINS ! $ 01 LEF' , RI' , LEF' , RI' . $ 12 < ( PIERCING ) > $ I WALK IN MY OWN RHYTHM ! $ < THE SERGEANT LOOKS TO THE GENERAL , WHO SHRUGS HIS SHOULDE RS . $ THEY GO OUT . > $ 03 < ( HIS GOOD HUNOUR RETURNING , HE HOLDS OUT HIS HAND TO THE LAST CAPTIVE , A STRIKINGLY HANDSOME WOMAN DRESSED IN FU RS . $ SHE COMES FORWARD SLOWLY , IMPASSIVELY ) > $ HERE , YOUR LORDSHIP , IS THE ONE CAPTIVE WHICH JUSTIFIES TH E ENTIRE CAMPAIGN . $ COME , MY LOVELY ... UNLIKE HER FATHER , SHE WILL NOT BE DRA GGED ROUND ROME IN IGNOMINY ... SHE WILL ENTER MY COUCH IN T RIUMPH ... NAKED EXCEPT FOR MY CROWN OF LAURELS ... $ < THE WIFE ENTERS SLOWLY , BIG WITH CHILD . > $ 05 < ( EAGER ) > $ WHERE IS JULIAN ? $ < THE GENERAL LOOKS AT HER , EMBARRASSED . $ HE GIVES THE CAPTIVE WOMAN HIS FLASK . > $ 03 DRINK ! $ < SHE DOES SO , OBEDIENTLY . > $ 06 < ( QUIETLY ) > $ GO YOUR WAY , VIRGINIA . $ I AM NOT FIT TO CONSOLE YOU . $ 05 < ( SLOWLY ) > $ HE 'S DEAD ? $ < THE GENERAL RECLAIMS HIS FLASK . > $ 03 < ( SINCERE AFTER HIS FASHION ) > $ FOR A SOLDIER , DEATH MATTERS LESS THAN THE MANNER OF DYING . $ REST ASSURED , WIDOW , HE DIED LIKE A ROMAN . $ 06 FOOLISHLY . $ 03 BEFORE THE ENEMY WAS EVEN IN SIGHT , I HAD DRAWN MY SWORD TO STAB THE SCULPTOR IN THE BACK , THE COWARD'S DEATH BEFIT TING THE CRIME OF SACRILEGE , WHEN , BY SOME INSTINCT , JULI AN TURNED AND THREW HIMSELF BEFORE THE BLADE ... IT WAS TOO LATE ... I IMPALED THEM BOTH . $ THERE WAS NO TIME TO BURY THEM ... AND $ < ( HE LAUGHS ) > $ #26 $ THERE WAS NO ONE LEFT TO FASHION A TOMBSTONE .... THEY LIE T OGETHER THE TRAITOR AND THE FOOL , LIKE LOVERS , UNDER THE O PEN SKY . $ < ( IN AN EPIC MANNER . ) > $ WHEN THEY ARE FOUND , NOTHING WILL BE KNOWN ABOUT THE TREACH ERY OF ONE , OR THE FOLLY OF THE OTHER ... MEN WILL SAY TO T HEMSELVES , ROME PASSED THIS WAY IN ALL HER INDESTRUCTIBLE M AJESTY , LEAVING TWO UNKNOWN SONS AS VICEROYS IN DEATH . $ < HE IS MOVED BY HIS OWN ELOQUENCE . > $ 05 < ( MOVING SLOWLY IN THE DIRECTION OF THE BATTLE , NUMB ) > $ HOW FAR AWAY ARE THEY ? $ 03 < ( OUTRAGED ) > $ DO YOU NOT DIGNIFY YOUR SORROW BY SHEDDING TEARS ? $ LOOK , I AM WEEPING . $ 05 < ( BEYOND TEARS ) > $ GIVE ME TIME ... GIVE ME TIME ... TEARS ARE PRIVATE THINGS . .. I WILL FIND THEM ... $ < SHE EXITS . > $ 03 THERE 'S YOUR AVERAGE FOREIGNER FOR YOU . $ ANY ROMAN MATRON WOULD BE WAILING AND BEATING HER BREAST ! $ SHE HAS DONE HER BEST TO RUIN MY EVENING ... I 'VE NEVER SEE N ANYTHING LESS CONSIDERATE . $ < ( TO THE WOMAN . ) > $ COME TO MY TENT . $ I WILL FIND SOLACE IN YOUR ARMS ... $ 06 < ( WRINGING HIS HANDS ) > $ OH , MY SON , MY SON . $ 03 < ( ANNOYED ) > $ WHY DO YOU CALL ME ' MY SON ' ? $ I AM NOT YOUR SON . $ 06 WHAT DID I CALL YOU ? $ MY SON ? $ I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT . $ I FEEL I AM SICKENING FOR SOME CONDITION MORE TERRIBLE AND M ORE WONDERFUL THAN DEATH . $ 03 WHAT 'S THE MATTER WITH YOU ? $ 06 I TRIED TO PRAY TO JOVE , BUT MY HEART 'S NOT IN IT . $ I AM NO LONGER BLINDED BY HIS GREAT LIGHT - I SEE ONLY EFFIG IES IN MY MIND , ACCUMULATING DUST . $ JOVE IS INADEQUATE . $ 03 < ( HIS ARM AROUND THE WOMAN , LAUGHING ) > $ IF IT 'S HALLUCINATIONS YOU 'RE AFTER , GET DRUNK . $ 06 KILL ME , MAXIMUS SEVERUS . $ 03 WHAT ? $ < ( LAUGHS AGAIN . ) > $ WHY DIE FOR A CAUSE YOU NO LONGER BELIEVE IN ? $ 06 I NO LONGER BELIEVE IN ROME . $ 03 < ( HARSH ) > $ THEN PRETEND , AS WE ALL DO ON OCCASION ! $ #27 $ 06 I NO LONGER CAN . $ 03 WHAT ? $ YOU DO IT BETTER THAN ANY OF US . $ A PIGEON WITH TWO LIVERS INDEED ! $ AND IT 'S A MIRACLE THAT I 'M STILL ALIVE FIGHTING WITH MY S WORD IN MY LEFT HAND . $ 06 IF YOU FELT THERE WAS NO RELIGIOUS REASON FOR THE PENANCE I IMPOSED , WHY DID YOU DO IT ? $ 03 < ( EAGER TO LEAVE ) > $ FOR THE SAKE OF THE MEN ! $ ONLY LEADERS LIKE YOU AND ME CAN AFFORD THE LUXURY OF BELIEV ING IN NOTHING BUT THEMSELVES . $ IT IS THE MEN WHO MUST BELIEVE IN THE PANOPLY OF GODS . $ WITHOUT THIS FICTION OF DIVINITY , ROME WOULD BE POWERLESS . $ GREAT GODS , YOUR LORDSHIP , A GREAT GENERAL MUST BE ABLE TO MAKE MISTAKES , HUGE MISTAKES , TRAGIC MISTAKES , WITHOUT D ISILLUSIONING THE SOLDIERY . $ THERE 'S ONLY ONE WAY OF DOING IT - AND THAT IS BY CREATING OMNIPOTENT AND CAPRICIOUS GODS , IN WHOSE HANDS WE ARE BUT P LAYTHINGS . $ BUT YOU KNOW THIS AS WELL AS I DO . $ OUR INTERESTS COINCIDE . $ THEY ALWAYS HAVE DONE . $ ARE YOU LISTENING ? $ < THE GENERAL , WHO IS ON HIS WAY OUT WITH HIS CAPTIVE , IS FORCED TO STOP BY THE SURPRISING INTENSITY OF THE ARCHBISHOP 'S MANNER . > $ 06 I HEAR ANOTHER VOICE , DIM , DISTANT , AS YET INDISTINCT , LIKE A SMALL CHILD CRYING IN MY HEART . $ 03 YOU ARE BECOMING A WOMAN , PERHAPS ? $ 06 MAKE JOKES AT YOUR PERIL ! $ THE VOICE IS THERE , MAXIMUS SEVERUS , AND IT WILL TAKE OVER MY TEMPLE , BECAUSE IT IS ALIVE . $ IT IS THE VOICE OF LOVE . $ 03 VOICE OF LOVE ? $ < ( IMPATIENT . ) > $ ALL RIGHT . $ YOU CAN HAVE THE GIRL AFTER I 'VE DONE WITH HER . $ 06 I AM UNWORTHY TO TOUCH THIS SWEET WOMAN . $ MY HANDS WOULD SOIL HER . $ 03 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ SHE 'S A MERE BARBARIAN . $ 06 A MERE BARBARIAN ... MAXIMUS , MY SON , BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE , SET HER FREE . $ SPEAK TO HER WITH THE CHARM AND TACT OF WHICH YOUR ARE SOMET IMES CAPABLE . $ TAKE HER TO YOUR TENT , BUT AS YOUR GUEST . $ DO NOT OUTRAGE HER . $ 03 IDIOT ! $ WHAT 'S HER BODY FOR ? $ 06 TO TEMPT YOU ... AND TO BE RESPECTED . $ 03 ARE YOU ILL ? $ #28 $ 06 I AM CURED . $ < ( HE SMILES . ) > $ I NO LONGER HAVE TO BELIEVE . $ I KNOW . $ I AM AT PEACE . $ I WILL PLANT SEEDS IN YOUR MIND WHICH WILL BLOSSOM INTO A HA RVEST , AND LONG AFTER I HAVE GONE , I WILL STILL BE WITH YO U . $ 03 < ( TO THE WOMAN ) > $ COME . $ 06 < ( WITH GREAT GENTLENESS ) > $ ARE YOU AFRAID OF ME NOW ? $ 03 AFRAID ? $ 06 DO YOU SUDDENLY SENSE MY STRENGTH ? $ 03 YOU 'RE MAD . $ 06 YOUR PLEASURE WILL BE COLD , YOUR FACE EXPRESSIONLESS , A S THAT OF A COPULATING DOG - FOR THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF . $ 03 < ( FURIOUS ) > $ ENOUGH ! $ < ( HE PLACES HIS HAND ON THE HILT OF HIS SWORD . ) > $ YOU ASKED FOR DEATH A WHILE AGO ! $ I AM KNOWN FOR MY GENEROSITY . $ 06 SEEK FOR A MIRROR TO YOUR PLEASURE IN HER EYES - ALL YOU FIND THERE IS PATIENCE . $ SHE WILL LIE UNDER THE WEIGHT OF YOUR COARSENESS , THINKING OTHER THOUGHTS , WAITING FOR THE PUPPY TO HAVE DONE WITH ITS PETTY ECSTASIES . $ 03 < ( DRAWING HIS SWORD ) > $ IT WON'T TAKE MUCH TO PUT AN END TO YOUR VOICE . $ 06 < ( AS SWEET AS EVER ) > $ AND WHEN YOU FALL INTO YOUR UGLY WARRIOR'S SLEEP , SHE WILL LOOK AT YOU WITH PITY - IS THIS LITTLE FORNICATOR THE EMBLEM OF MIGHTY ROME ? $ IS THE STRENGHT OF THE EAGLE IN ITS LOINS ALONE ? $ 03 AAH ! $ < HE RUNS THE ARCHBISHOP THROUGH WITH HIS SWORD . > $ 06 < ( FALLING TO HIS KNEES WITH AN ECHO OF THE GENERAL'S SH OUT ) > $ AAAH ! $ ... $ THANK YOU , MAXIMUS ... $ 03 < ( AGHAST ) > $ WHAT HAVE YOU MADE ME DO ? $ 06 I HAVE TAUGHT YOU REMORSE ... I HAVE GIVEN YOU A CONSCIEN CE AS A PARTING GIFT ... $ 03 WHY DID YOU MAKE ME KILL YOU ? $ 06 BECAUSE YOU ARE WEAK , MY SON . $ THERE 'S NO WEAKNESS MORE PERNICIOUS THAN THE WEAKNESS OF TH E STRONG . $ #29 $ 03 < ( EXAMINING THE ARCHBISHOP AS THOUGH HE WERE SOME CURIO US , HALF-DANGEROUS ANIMAL ) > $ WHY ARE YOU SMILING ? $ 06 < ( BEGINS TO LAUGH VERY SOFTLY , AND SHAKES HIS HEAD FEE BLY ) > $ WHAT A QUESTION ... $ 03 < ( SLOW ) > $ DO YOU DERIVE PLEASURE FROM SUFFERING ? $ < ( NO REPLY . $ THE GENERAL LOSES HIS TEMPER . $ HE STABS THE ARCHBISHOP AGAIN AND AGAIN . ) > $ THERE ! $ THERE ! $ ENJOY YOURSELF ! $ < ( THE ARCHBISHOP ROLLS OVER AND DIES . $ THE GENERAL STANDS THERE FOR A MOMENT , PANTING . $ HE RETURNS HIS SWORD TO ITS SCABBARD . ) > $ GO TO MY TENT . $ < ( THE WOMAN BEGINS TO GO . ) > $ SAY SOMETHING . $ 13 YES . $ 03 SAY SOMETHING ELSE . $ TELL ME I AM MAD . $ 13 I CAN'T . $ 03 WHY NOT ? $ 13 I AM YOUR SLAVE . $ 03 I DESPISE MYSELF . $ DO YOU DESPISE ME ? $ 13 NO . $ 03 < ( TIRED ) > $ YOU CAN'T GIVE ME SATISFACTION . $ GO TO MY TENT . $ 13 YES , MAXIMUS . $ < SHE EXITS . $ 03 I WILL SLEEP IN THE GRASS ... $ < HE GOES OUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION . $ IT GROWS LIGHTER . $ THE MEN GATHER , SEVERALLY , AS THOUGH FOR AN IMMINENT PARAD E . $ 14768 IS THE TYPE OF HEDGEHOG-BROWED INDIVIDUAL WITH A CURVE D MUSCULAR NECK WHO IS USUALLY THE RUNNER-UP IN UNIT BOXING COMPETITIONS . $ 35914 IS THE JOKER OF THE UNIT , OPTIMISTIC TO THE POINT OF ABNORMALITY . $ 71696 HAS QUITE UNNECESSARY DIGNITY AND SOME SICKENING MIDDL E-CLASS VIRTUES . $ HE IS REDOLENT OF THE QUARTERMASTER'S STORES . $ 94343 AFFECTS WHATEVER APPEARANCE HAPPENS TO BE IN VOGUE , S INCE THERE IS SAFETY IN COMFORMITY . $ THEY STILL BEAR THEIR WOUNDS . $ 02 WHAT TIME 'S PARADE , LADS ? $ 10 USUAL TIME . $ THERE 'S NOTHING POSTED TO THE CONTRARY . $ 08 BY RIGHTS WE SHOULD HAVE A DAY OFF . $ HOW LONG 'S IT BEEN , SIX YEARS ? $ 02 I 'VE LOST COUNT . $ 07 BY RIGHTS , ONCE WE 'RE TALKIN' ABOUT THE LETTER OF THE L AW , WE SHOULD GET TEN DAYS OFF - THAT 'S IF THEY DON'T SKIM P THE OLD MAN ON HIS TRIUMPH . $ #30 $ 08 I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST THEM - TO SKIMP HIM ON HIS TRIUMPH . $ 07 NOR WOULD I . $ WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST THEM . $ 10 < ( ANXIOUS ) > $ NOT PAST THEM , I WOULDN'T PUT IT . $ < THEY ALL PAUSE . > $ 08 < ( TO 35914 ) > $ WHAT 'S UP WITH YOU ? $ LOOK AS THOUGH YOU 'D GAPIN' SEEN A GHOST . $ 02 IT 'S WORSE . $ LOOK ! $ < THE SERGEANT ENTERS IN MEDIEVAL COSTUME - GREEN TIGHTS , C RIMSON JERKIN WITH A COAT OF ARMS ON IT , UPTURNED SHOES OF IMMENSE LENGTH , AND A RAKISH CAP WITH AN IMMENSE FEATHER . $ THE MEN TRY TO CONTAIN THEIR LAUGHTER . > $ 01 < ( FORESTALLING THEIR LAUGHTER WITH A RISING CADENCE OF ADMONITION , HE LOSES HIS TEMPER ) > $ YOU MUCOUS-SNOTTED , ORDURE-REPLETE SET OF HALF-HATCHED SPAR ROW CHICKS ! $ 02 WHAT 'S THAT ? $ THE NEW UNIFORM , NARCISSUS ? $ 01 WHAT 'S THAT YOU CALLED ME ? $ SOME INSULT ? $ 02 < ( PUZZLED ) > $ THAT WAS YOUR NAME WHEN LAST WE SAW YOU . $ 01 AND WHEN WAS THAT ? $ 07 A FEW MINUTES AGO ... AFTER THE BATTLE . $ YOU REMEMBER . $ 08 AH NO , I GIVE IT LONGER THAN THAT . $ CLOSE ON AN HOUR , I GIVE IT . $ 10 IT MAY HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY ... $ 07 < ( VIOLENT ) > $ YOU 'LL BE SAYIN' IT WAS LAST WEEK NEXT ! $ 10 < ( WITH A SENSE OF THE OCCULT ) > $ TIME 'S A FUNNY THING , YOU KNOW . $ I 'LL BE ON THE SAFE SIDE . $ I 'LL SAY IT WAS A MONTH AGO . $ 02 ONCE YOU SAY IT 'S A MONTH , IT MIGHT AS WELL BE A YEAR . .. OR A CENTURY . $ 01 NOW YOU 'RE GETTING WARMER . $ I 'LL OVERLOOK YOUR TUNICS THIS ONCE , YOU 'RE ALL TOO GLOOM Y IGNORANT TO KNOW BETTER , BUT IF YOU GO ON STANDIN' ON ONE LEG MUCH LONGER , AND HIDING YOUR ARMS AND HANDS BEHIND YOU R BACKS , AND WINKIN' AT ME , I 'LL REALLY START SHOWIN' YOU WHO 'S THE FREED-MAN AND WHO ARE THE FIEFS . $ 08 WE WAS WOUNDED . $ 01 WHAT ? $ THEM LITTLE SCRATCHES ? $ CALL THEM WOUNDS ? $ < ( SARCASTIC . ) > $ HAVEN'T THEY HEALED YET , AFTER ALL THIS TIME ? $ TUT-TUT . $ #31 $ WHAT D' YOU WANT ME TO DO ? $ KISS 'EM BETTER ? $ < ( MYSTERIOUSLY THEIR ARMS , LEGS AND EYES REAPPEAR . $ THEY STRETCH THEIR REDISCOVERED LIMBS AS THOUGH THEY HAVE ST IFFENED WITH INACTION . ) > $ THAT 'S MORE LIKE IT . $ NOW MOVE ! $ MOVE ! $ MOVE ! $ < ( THEY RUN AND STUMBLE OFF , FRIGHTENED . $ THE SERGEANT SPOTS THE FIGURE OF THE DEAD ARCHBISHOP . ) > $ WHAT 'S THIS , THEN ? $ ANOTHER OF YOU IDLE MALINGERERS PLAYIN' DEAD ? $ < ( HE KICKS THE ARCHBISHOP , WHO SITS UP WITH A START . ) > $ OH , FATHER BENEDICT ! $ BEG PARDON ! $ 06 < ( SUFFERING ) > $ OH , ODBERT , WHAT A DREAM ! $ A BEAUTIFUL PAGAN IN A BEARSKIN , IT WAS ... $ EVERY TIME SHE PARTED HER LIPS TO EMBRACE ME , A FLIGHT OF D OVES FELL OUT OF HER MOUTH , AND DROPPED DEAD AT MY FEET . $ I GATHERED THEIR CORPSES IN MY ARMS UNTIL I COULD NO LONGER STAND UNDER THEIR WEIGHT . $ 01 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN WHEN YOU FELL DOWN , MY LORD ABBOT . $ 06 < ( WHOSE SPEECH IS SLURRED ) > $ QUITE RIGHT . $ THEN I REMEMBER REJECTING THEM , AND GATHERING THE PAGAN TO ME . $ I COULD FEEL HER WARM , FIRM BREASTS AND THE RICHNESS OF HER THIGHS , AND JUST AS I WAS PREPARING TO ENJOY HER , A ROMAN CAME ALONG AND STABBED ME IN THE SIDE FOR NO REASON AT ALL . $ 01 THAT MUST HAVE BEEN MY FOOT , LORD ABBOT . $ 06 AH YES . $ YOU SAVED ME FROM THE DEVIL , ODBERT . $ 01 GLAD TO HAVE BEEN OF SERVICE TO YOU , SIR . $ 06 OH , MY HEAD . $ THE FACT IS , I DON'T DRINK . $ 01 I KNOW THAT , FATHER BENEDICT . $ 06 I AM MERELY ON THE TRAIL OF THE DAMNEDEST AFTER-DINNER CO RDIAL ... A COUPLE MORE HERBS AND I 'LL HAVE IT , COBERT , A ND PERHAPS ONE DAY , IT WILL BEAR MY NAME . $ 01 I DARE SAY , FATHER BENEDICT . $ 06 YES , ODBERT ... AND NOT ONLY WILL IT GIVE PLEASURE , BUT IT WILL ENSURE THE SOLVENCY OF THE MONASTERIES IN TIMES OF LITTLE FAITH . $ < ( HE TRIES TO RISE , BUT CANNOT , EVEN WITH THE SERGEANT'S HELP . $ HEARTFELT - ON HIS KNEES . ) > $ WE LIVE IN GODLESS TIMES , MY FRIEND . $ 01 < ( GRIM ) > $ INDEED WE DO , MY LORD FRIAR . $ 06 HOW IS THE CATHEDRAL COMING ? $ 01 SLOWLY , MY LORD FRIAR , BUT I LIKE TO THINK , SURELY . $ #32 $ 06 WE MUST FINISH IT SOON . $ CATHEDRALS ARE SHOOTING UP ALL OVER EUROPE . $ A CITY IS JUDGED BY THE HEIGHT OF ITS SPIRE AND THE LENGTH O F ITS NAVE . $ ALREADY I AM BEGINNING TO THINK OURS IS A LITTLE ON THE SMAL L SIDE . $ 01 WE 'VE NO SHORTAGE OF LABOUR , FATHER BENEDICT . $ WE CAN AFFORD TO MAKE MISTAKES . $ 06 < ( WITH FEARFUL SINCERITY , TUGGING AT THE SERGEANT'S SL EEVE ) > $ ODBERT , OUR ARCHES MUST BE MORE GOTHIC , OUR GARGOYLES MORE HARROWING , OUR GLASS MORE STAINED THAN ANY OF OUR RIVALS' . $ THERE IS A FAITH-RACE ON , MY FRIEND , WHICH WE CANNOT AFFOR D TO LOSE . $ 01 < ( LIFTING HIM UP , AND HELPING HIM TO WALK ) > $ I 'LL SEE TO IT , LORD ABBOT . $ I 'LL HAVE THE MEN ON CATHEDRAL FATIGUES TWENTY-FOUR HOURS O F THE DAY . $ WE WON'T BE FOUND WANTING WHERE FAITH IS CONCERNED . $ < AS THEY GO , THE GENERAL APPEARS FROM BEHIND AN OBSTACLE . $ HE HAS BEEN LISTENING . $ HE IS NOW A MEDIEVAL COUNT , A PAMPERED , PETULANT EXQUISITE IN HIS COAL-BLACK WIG . $ HE WATCHES THEM GO WITH MANIFEST DISPLEASURE - THEN HEARS A NOISE . $ HIS EXPRESSION CHANGES TO ONE OF INDECENT EAGERNESS . $ HE HIDES AGAIN . $ THE UNKNOW SOLDIER WANDERS ON , ARM IN ARM WITH HIS BRIDE , THE WIFE , WHO IS HEAVILY PREGNANT . > $ 09 < ( RECITING ) > $ O , I SOMETIMES THINK MY HEART WILL BURST ITS BANKS , SWEET GIRL , AND THAT THIS FRAGILE FRAME CANNOT CONTAIN SUCH TRUMP ETING DELIGHTS FOREVER . $ EVEN IN IDLENESS , WHILE CARVING YOUR NAME UPON SOME CRUSTY BARK , YOU INVADE THE CORNER OF MY EYE , AND FILL MY MIND WI TH YOUR DEAR PRESENCE AS SURELY AS WHEN WE 'RE LOCKED IN LOV E . $ I CUT MY THUMB , FOR IN ALL WORK , YOU ARE MY LOVELY NEGLIGE NCE . $ 05 < ( RECITING ) > $ NOT ALWAYS WAS IT SO . $ FOR WERT THOU NEGLIGENT , DEAR BOY , MY BELLY WOULD NOT NOW SWELL WITH UNKNOWN FRUIT AND CAUSE ME TO WADDLE LIKE AN AILI NG DUCK WHILE MY MIND IS PREGNANT WITH IMAGES OF GRACE . $ #33 $ 09 AND WE CAN LAUGH AS WELL ! $ WHAT A SHOWER OF MIRACLES ... $ 05 A SHOWER ? $ TAKE REFUGE THEN . $ 09 < ( FALLING TO HIS KNEES BEFORE HER ) > $ NOT I ! $ BARE-HEADED I KNEEL BENEATH THEM , MY EYES UPLIFTED , MY MOU TH OP'D WIDE TO DRINK IN PLEASURES WHILE THOSE PLEASURES LAS T . $ 05 < ( SADLY ) > $ AY , THERE 'S THE TRUTH , FOR NOTHING LASTS . $ 09 NOTHING LASTS BUT MEMORY AND HOPE . $ 05 AND MEMORIES OF HOPE . $ 09 AND HOPE OF MEMORIES WHEN WE ARE OLD . $ MY LOVE FOR THEE ENCOMPASSES ALL SEASONS IN A SECOND , STRET CHES BEYOND THE CONFINES OF MORTALITY , BAFFLES TIME , CHEAT S AGE , AND SCOFFS AT PROVIDENCE ITSELF ... $ HAVE I NOT KNOWN THEE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS , AND MORE ? $ YET COULD I LOVE THEE THEN AS I LOVE THEE NOW ? $ HAS IT NOT TAKEN A LUXURY OF TIME , TO KNOW WHAT NOW WE KNOW ? $ 05 TO FEEL WHAT NOW WE FEEL ? $ WHEN FIRST WE MET , IT WAS THE BRIEF LOVE THE MOTH FEELS FOR THE FLAME . $ A MERE WINKING OF AN EYE AND ALL WAS OVER . $ WE HAD LIVED , AND LOVED . $ YOU HAD EVEN DIED . $ BUT I COULD NEVER GUESS THEN WHAT I HAD LOST . $ 09 LOST BUT FOUND AGAIN . $ FOR WHAT IS LOVE BUT ENDLESS REDISCOVERY ? $ TO SEE THEE ONCE IS TO SEE THEE FOR ALL TIME AND TO SEE THEE NOT AT ALL . $ A THOUSANDTH LOOK IS BUT A CONFIRMATION OF THE FIRST , AND Y ET IS DIFFERENT . $ #34 $ 05 I KNOW ONLY THIS , IN ALL SIMPLICITY . $ I AM A BOOK THOU HAST CHOSEN FROM THE VAST LIBRARY OF WOMEN . $ OPEN ME . $ I LIE OPEN . $ THE WIND MAY LOSE MY PLACE , BUT NOT ANOTHER READER . $ I , LIKE ALL VOLUMES , HAVE SECRETS TO BE READ BETWEEN THE L INES , BUT THE WORDS ARE THESE AS WELL . $ UNREAD , I AM NOT WORTH THE BINDING . $ UNFINISHED , I AM NOT WORTH BEGINNING . $ READ , I SURRENDER WHAT REWARDS I MAY . $ UNDERSTOOD , I AM A LIFE'S COMPANION . $ REWRITTEN , I MAY YET BE IMPROVED UPON . $ LENT TO AN ILLITERATE , I GO TO WASTE . $ I CANNOT BRING MYSELF TO LIFE . $ ONLY HE WHO READS ME WELL WILL KNOW WHAT IS WRITTEN THERE , AND , KNOWING WHAT IS WRITTEN , WILL KNOW ALSO THAT WHICH DE STINY HAS FAILED TO WRITE . $ BUT BE NOT HARD . $ JUDGE ME NOT ALWAYS BY PERFECTION'S ROTE . $ THINK , INSTEAD , AND HUMBLY , HOW WONDERFUL IT IS THE PAGES ARE NOT BLANK . $ ONE FINAL WORD : READ NOT WITH IMPATIENCE , FOR THOUGH LIFE , THEY SAY , IS SHORT , AT MOMENTS IT SEEMS LONG , AND TIME WILL TURN MY PAGES SOON ENOUGH ... $ 09 MY EYES ARE WEARY FROM SO MUCH STUDY . $ LET ME PUT YOU BY , THEN , TO READ AGAIN THE EARLY CHAPTERS AT SOME LATER HOUR . $ I CLOSE THE BOOK . $ AND SEAL MY PLEASURE WITH A KISS ... $ < THEY KISS WITH INCREASING FERVOUR . $ THE GENERAL LOOKS OUT OF HIS HIDING-PLACE . > $ 03 < ( ASIDE , RECITING ) > $ HOW ? $ HOW 'S THIS ? $ THE IGNORANT KNOW BLISS WHILE I , IN MY NOBLE LONELINESS , D O SEARCH FOR FANCIES , TO CAJOLE MY SAD AND COMPLICATED MIND - THE COLLOQUY OF POETS , THE PLUCKING OF A CASUAL STRING , THE PONDEROUS BAGGAGE OF WESTPHALIAN PHILOSOPHERS , THE SIM PLE SONGS OF PEASANTS , EVEN THOSE DEGRADING PRACTICES - LOV E OF WAYWARD WOMEN AND OF FEARFUL BOYS - THE WILD EXCESSES O F THE CHASE , LOVE 'S SUBSTITUTE - ALL ARE MOBILIZED TO SATI SFY MY SPIRIT'S HUNGER , TO SLAKE MY PARCHED SOUL'S DISMAL T HIRST . $ #35 $ < THE LOVERS BREAK . $ THEY SEE THE GENERAL . > $ 09 MOST NOBLE COUNT ! $ 03 KISS ON , YOUTH ! $ AND MAY THE SOFT BREEZE WAFT A FEW PARTICLES OF REVIVIFYING POLLEN UPON THIS DYING PLANT . $ YOU SPOKE TO EACH OTHER IN VERSE . $ WHY ? $ 09 I WAS SPEAKING NORMALLY , SIR . $ 03 NORMALLY ? $ LASS , COULD YOU SPEAK TO ME AS YOU SPOKE TO THIS YOUTH ? $ 05 NO . $ 03 TRY . $ < ( THE GENERAL PREPARES TO LISTEN , TAKING UP A ROMANTIC ST ANCE . $ THE WIFE AND THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN EMBAR RASSMENT . ) > $ NO ? $ 05 NO . $ I 'M TRULY SORRY , SIR , I CAN'T . $ 03 < ( SUSPICIOUS ) > $ YOU HADN'T LEARNED IT BY HEART , HAD YOU , FROM SOME LEARNED VOLUME - STOLEN FROM MY LIBRARY ? $ 09 WE CAN'T READ , SIR . $ 03 WHY , THEN , DID YOU COMPARE YOURSELF TO A BOOK ? $ 05 IT WAS A ... A MANNER OF SPEAKING , SIR . $ 03 IT WAS A MANNER OF SINGING . $ YOU CAN'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT , CAN YOU ? $ 09 < ( AFTER A LOOK AT THE WIFE ) > $ NO , SIR . $ 03 YOU MEAN ALL THAT IS LOST ? $ 05 IT COMES OUT DIFFERENTLY , SIR , EVERY TIME WE SEE ONE AN OTHER . $ 03 IF YOU ARE LEFT ALONE , IS THAT IT ? $ IN OTHER WORDS , I 'M NOT WANTED - NOT WANTED IN MY OWN SIXT Y THOUSAND ACRES ! $ < ( HIS EYES HALF-CLOSED . ) > $ I SEEM TO REMEMBER YOU FROM SOME OTHER FIELD ... A FIELD WHI CH SPROUTED ROSEMARY AND THYME ... YOU CAME FORWARD WITH THA T SAME IRRITATING LOOK OF IMPERVIOUS INNOCENCE , A BUNCH OF RIDICULOUS LITTLE FLOWERS GATHERED IN YOUR FIST ... $ 09 I HAVE OFTEN GATHERED FLOWERS , SIR . $ #36 $ 03 < ( SLOW - HIS EYES HALF-SHUT IN REMINISCENCE ) > $ AND YOU ... THAT SWOLLEN WOMB IS NOTHING NEW ... THAT LOOK O F HEALTH , THAT INDECENT SPARKLE ... THAT GALLING SMELL OF T HE OPEN AIR AND OF CLEAN LINEN ... YOU ASKED A QUESTION ... $ 05 THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST CHILD , SIR . $ 03 CURIOUS ... $ < THE SERGEANT MARCHES ON WITH HIS MEN . $ THEY CARRY BOWS AND ARROWS . > $ 01 LEF' , RI' , LEF' , RI' , HALT ! $ THREE HEARTY CHEERS FOR THE COUNT OF ROCHENTIERE . $ HIP HIP ... $ 15 'RAY ! $ 01 YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT ! $ HIP HIP ... $ 15 'RAY ! $ 03 < ( A LANGUOROUS FALCONER'S HAND ALOFT ) > $ I AM TOUCHED BY YOUR LOYALTY . $ WHERE ARE YOU GOING ? $ 01 TO THE ARCHERY RANGE , MAY IT PLEASE YOU , TO TEST THE PR OFESSOR'S NEW WEAPON . $ 03 GOOD . $ GOOD . $ TEST IT WELL , FOR IT IS FIENDISH . $ 01 < ( SPOTTING THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE THEN ? $ < ( A MURMUR AMONG THE MEN . ) > $ WHERE YOU BEEN ? $ 09 DEAD , I BELIEVE . $ 01 FALL IN THEN ! $ 03 DO NOT BE HARD ON HIM , ODBERT . $ THE LAD 'S A POET . $ 01 A WHAT ? $ YES , SIR . $ VERY GOOD , SIR . $ < THE INVENTOR ENTERS , WEARING THE MACABRE BLACK CAP OF MED IEVAL MEN OF LEARNING , AND METAL-RIMMED GLASSES . $ HE CARRIES A DEVICE LOOKING LIKE A CROSSBOW , BUT SEEMINGLY TWICE AS HEAVY . $ HE HAS DIFFICULTY IN TRANSPORTING IT . > $ 12 < ( AS GERMAN AS EVER ) > $ I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SEND SOME MEN TO FETCH THE WEAPO N ! $ I AM ENGAGED HERE AS A MAN OF LEARNING , NOT AS A MANUAL LAB OURER ! $ 01 BEG PARDON , PROFESSOR . $ YOU , THE POET , TAKE THE WEAPON , AND FALL IN ! $ < THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER TAKES THE WEAPON . $ HE FALLS MOMENTARILY TO HIS KNEES . > $ 09 OOH ! $ IT 'S HEAVY ! $ #37 $ 12 < ( RASPING ) > $ IT IS NOT HEAVY ! $ IT IS AN INFANTRY WEAPON , THEREFORE IT IS LIGHT ! $ 01 LEF' , RI' , LEF' , RI' ... $ < THE MEN , INCLUDING THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER , MARCH OFF . > $ 12 < ( BEAMING ) > $ WITH MY NEW WEAPON , COUNT , YOU WILL SOON BE MASTER OF THE KNOWN WORLD ! $ 03 I AM GRATIFIED , PROFESSOR ... BUT HOW TO CONQUER THE UNK NOWN WORLD ? $ 12 < ( IRRITATED , AFTER A MOMENTARY HESITATION ) > $ ONE THING AT A TIME PLEASE . $ < HE EXITS . $ THE GENERAL TURNS TO SEEK THE WIFE . > $ 03 NOW THAT WE ARE ALONE , MY DEAR ... $ < HE FAILS TO FIND HER . $ THE ARCHBISHOP RE-ENTERS BEHIND HIM . > $ 06 AH , THERE YOU ARE , MY SON . $ I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU IN THE CHAPEL . $ WILL YOU NOT CONFESS TODAY ? $ 03 I DO NOT FEEL LIKE CONFESSING TODAY , FATHER , I HAVE TOO MUCH ON MY MIND . $ 06 MY SON , YOU MUST . $ I CANNOT ALLOW YOU TO SQUANDER YOUR FORTUNE ON PARDONS WHEN THERE IS AN EASIER , CHEAPER WAY . $ 03 DOES THE MONEY FOR THE PARDONS EVER GET HALFWAY TO ROME ? $ 06 TEN HAIL MARYS FOR THAT CRACK , MY SON . $ KNEEL WITH ME HERE , IF YOU WILL . $ I WILL DRAW MY COWL OVER MY HEAD TO PRESERVE THE NECESSARY A NONYMITY . $ I HAVE THINGS TO TELL YOU . $ < THEY KNEEL . > $ 03 YOU HAVE THINGS TO TELL ME ? $ 06 I MUST CONFESS YOU FIRST . $ 03 MY MIND IS TROUBLED , LORD ABBOT . $ I HAVE HAD WOMEN - ENJOYED THEM IN THE VULGAR PARLANCE - YET I DID NOT ENJOYED THEM . $ THEY COME TO MAKE MY BED - ANONYMOUS WOMEN , THEIR ARMS FULL OF SHEETS . $ THEY ARE MY SERFS . $ I EXERCISE MY RIGHTS . $ ALL PASSES JOYLESSLY , IN SILENCE . $ 06 ALL THIS SINCE YESTERDAY ? $ 03 SINCE THIS AFTERNOON , I BELIEVE . $ LADS TOO - THEY MAKE A CHANGE . $ 06 HEAVENS ! $ IS THERE NO END TO YOUR APPETITES ? $ #38 $ 03 I HAVE FOUND NO VICE WHICH APPEASES ME FOR LONGER THAN TH E TIME IT TAKES TO PERFORM IT . $ 06 MY SON , THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO THE HAIR SHIRT AND TH E SCOURGE . $ 03 THE HAIR SHIRT IS BAD FOR THE SKIN . $ 06 BETTER THE SKIN SHOULD SUFFER THAN THE SOUL . $ 03 MEN ONLY SEE THE SKIN . $ 06 OUR FATHER SEES THEM BOTH . $ COME , MY SON , I WILL THRASH YOU LIGHTLY . $ 03 I HAVE NOT FINISHED MY CONFESSION . $ 06 IS THERE MORE THEN ? $ IS IT POSSIBLE ? $ 03 MY WAKING HOURS DRIFT INTO NIGHT - MY SLEEPING HOURS , IF I EVER SLEEP , DRIFT INTO DAY . $ I SOMETIMES WAKE THE COOKS AT NIGHT TO BANQUET ALL ALONE - A ND I SOMETIMES RETIRE AT NOON . $ I MAY WALK IN SLEEP OR LIE ABED AWAKE - WHERE DREAMS BEGIN A ND ACTIONS END I AM NOT SURE . $ I WONDER , THEREFORE , IF I PERFORM THESE HORRID DEEDS AT AL L , OR WHETHER THEY ARE NOT ALL DONE IN MY HEAD , FOR MY SOL ITARY DELIGHT . $ 06 ARE YOU SURE OF THIS ? $ 03 I CAN BE SURE OF NOTHING NOW . $ 06 MEN OF HIGH STATION DESERVE THE BENEFIT OF OUR DOUBT . $ SINCE YOU ARE HALF-DROWNED IN DREAMS MY SON - I COMMAND YOU TO DREAM THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SOUNDLY WHIPPED BY ME . $ < ( THE GENERAL WRITHES AND HOWLS AS THOUGH HE IS BEING FLOG GED . ) > $ NOT NOW , MY SON . $ YOUR FUSTIGATION CAN WAIT . $ YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AN EARNEST OF YOUR INTENTION TO RELISH EVE RY BLOW , AND THAT IS ENOUGH TO GO ON WITH . $ I NEED TO TALK TO YOU . $ 03 WHAT IS IT ? $ 06 YOU NEED A CHANGE OF AIR , MY SON . $ YOUR SKIN IS FLAKY , YOUR COMPLEXION SALLOW , WHILE YOUR MIN D FESTERS WITH DEPRAVITY . $ 03 WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST ? $ 06 I HAVE NO SUGGESTION ; ROME HAS . $ 03 ROME ? $ 06 HIS HOLINESS HIMSELF ! $ ON HIS BEHALF I CAN PROMISE YOU , IN WRITING - LISTEN CAREFU LLY - A REMISSION OF ALL SINS , PAST , PRESENT AND FUTURE . $ #39 $ YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS MEANS ? $ A PASSPORT TO PARADISE ! $ 03 < ( DRY ) > $ WHAT ARE HIS CONDITIONS ? $ 06 WHY DO YOU SPEAK SO QUICKLY OF CONDITIONS ? $ 03 BECAUSE I AM A MAN , AND SO IS HIS HOLINESS . $ WHY ARE YOU SO DISAPPOINTED ? $ 06 I EXPECTED AT LEAST A MOMENT OF UNMITIGATED DELIGHT . $ 03 I WILL EXPRESS DELIGHT WHEN AND IF I FEEL IT . $ WHAT ARE HIS CONDITIONS ? $ 06 TAKE A CRUSADE TO THE HOLY LAND , MY SON . $ 03 A CRUSADE ? $ YOU CALL THAT A CHANGE OF AIR ? $ MOSQUITOES , PESTILENCE AND SORES ? $ 06 ALL FUTURE SINS ? $ 03 A CRUSADE MAY LAST FOR YEARS ! $ ARMAND DE QUESLIN AND RAYMOND DE LA BAULE NEVER CAME BACK AT ALL ! $ 06 THEY ARE IN HEAVEN AT THIS MOMENT , AND BETTER OFF THAN H ERE . $ I GUARANTEE IT ! $ 03 I MAY MISS TEN , FIFTEEN HUNTING SEASONS . $ 06 COPULATION TO YOUR HEART'S DESIRE , FREE OF MORAL CHARGE . $ 03 NO MORE CHAMBER MUSIC ! $ 06 THE MUSIC OF GOLD CASCADING INTO COFFERS . $ 03 NO . $ 06 < ( AN APPEAL TO REASON ) > $ MY SON , CHRISTIANITY NEEDS YOU . $ 03 < ( SLOWLY ) > $ AND BEFORE IT WAS IMPERIAL ROME , WASN'T IT ? $ 06 < ( SLOWLY ) > $ YOU REMEMBER , DO YOU ? $ 03 OH YES ... MEMORY COMES FITFULLY , IN FLASHES ... I REMEM BER THEN BEING A VICTIM OF YOUR FAITH . $ YOU MADE ME STAB YOU , AND AFTER THAT I KNEW NO PEACE . $ I HAD KILLED AN UNARMED MAN AT HIS OWN REQUEST . $ CAN ONE GO FURTHER IN SERVILITY ? $ NO , I WILL NOT GO TO THE HOLY LAND . $ 06 CAN'T YOU SEE THAT YOU HAVE HAD YOUR REVENGE ALREADY , MY SON ? $ HIS HOLINESS , IN HIS INFINITE UNDERSTANDING , OFFERS YOU A PARDON FOR SINS AS YET UNCOMMITTED , AND YET YOU SAY , WITH REPREHENSIBLE ARROGANCE , THAT HE IS ONLY A MAN . $ IF HE IS A MAN , HOW MUCH LESS OF A MAN AM I , AND WHAT IS M Y PARDON WORTH ? $ #40 $ I CAN NO LONGER ABSOLVE YOU . $ YO CHEAT AT EVERY CONFESSION . $ 03 YOU CAME HERE AS MY CONFESSOR , WITH ENDORSED CREDENTIALS ! $ 06 BUT SINCE THEN YOU HAVE WORN AWAY MY FAITH AS SURELY AS W ATER WEARS AWAY A ROCK . $ YOU HAVE HAD YOUR REVENGE , MY SON . $ I CAME TO LIFT YOU OFF THE GROUND ; YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME TO M Y KNEES . $ I WILL NOT EXONERATE YOU BEFORE GOD . $ YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN . $ 03 < ( SLOWLY ) > $ RELIGION IS BLACKMAIL . $ IT HOLDS A MAN'S OPINION OF HIMSELF TO RANSOM . $ 06 IT ASSESSES THE VALUE OF A MAN'S OPINION TO HIMSELF . $ 03 RELIGION IS SUPERSTITION . $ IT MAKES A MAN CONSCIOUS OF THE ALTERNATIVES . $ 06 RELIGION IS THE WORK OF GOD ... $ 03 PERFECTED BY THE DEVIL . $ I WILL GO TO JERUSALEM . $ 06 DEO GRATIAS ! $ < ( CHANTING . ) > $ ALLELUIA ... ALLELUIA ... $ WE GO TO THE LAND OF OUR LORD TO CLASH WITH THE INFIDEL HORD E . $ AND IF WE SHOULD DIE , TO HEAVEN WE 'D FLY - FATHER BENEDICT GAVE US HIS WORD . $ ALLELUIA ... ALLELUIA ... $ < THE MEN FILE IN , CARRYING CROSSBOWS AND RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS . $ THEY CHANT WITH THE ARCHBISHOP . $ HE LEADS THEM IN A PROCESSION . $ HE GOES OFF MAJESTICALLY WITH THE COURT , WHILE THE MEN GO R OUND IN DIMINISHING CIRCLES , THE SONG GROWING FEEBLER AS TH E SUN NOW BEATS FIERCELY ON THEM . $ THEY FALL EXHAUSTED , ONE BY ONE . > $ 01 < ( COMATOSE , ONCE THEY HAVE FALLEN ) > $ RIGHT . $ FALL OUT ! $ WAIT ... FOR ... IT ! $ FALL OUT ! $ < HE FALLS TO THE GROUND . > $ 02 < ( FEEBLE ) > $ YOU 'VE GOT SOME WATER , BY THE HOLY CROSS ! $ WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A SIP ? $ 01 < ( FEEBLE ) > $ IT 'S HOLY WATER , FOR THE DAILY BENEDICTIONS . $ YOU LUMBER-HEADED BLUNDERBUMPKINS WON'T NEVER BE ABLE TO TEL L THE SECULAR WATER FROM THE DIVINE , WILL YOU ? $ #41 $ 10 WE SEEN YOU TAKE A SWIG . $ 01 I WAS TESTIN' ITS FRESHNESS , GOT IT ? $ IN CASE WE 'RE REDUCED TO USING IT . $ I NEVER ASK THE MEN TO DO NOTHING I 'M UNWILLING TO DO MYSEL F . $ 02 HOW WAS IT THEN ? $ 01 UN-RUDDY-DRINKABLE . $ SATISFIED ? $ 09 NO , I 'M NOT SATISFIED ... $ 01 EH ? $ 09 THEY DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE . $ 01 WHEN YOU GET BACK , MY BOY , THERE 'LL BE A LARGE BOUNCIN ' LAD TO GREET YOU . $ THAT 'LL BE A NICE SURPRISE , WON'T IT ? $ 04 A LARGE BOUNCING LAD ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD , THE WA Y THIS CAMPAIGN 'S GOING . $ 01 I DON'T WANT NO RUMINATION FROM YOU . $ I GOT MY EYE ON YOU . $ IF IT WASN'T SO FLAMIN' HOT , I 'D SETTLE YOU . $ 04 WELL , IT IS SO FLAMING HOT . $ YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON ME . $ EVERY TIME YOU BLINK , THE PERSPIRATION ROLLS IN . $ 09 DEATH IS A WASTE OF TIME . $ < ( THEY ALL STIR , DESPITE THEIR STUPOR . ) > $ ALL MEN DIE AT NIGHT , AND IT HOLDS NO FEAR WHEN IT GOES BY THE NAME OF SLEEP . $ WHAT HOLDS FEAR IS DYING . $ < THE WIFE APPEARS . > $ 05 WHY DO YOU SPEAK OF DEATH ? $ HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ... $ 09 I HAVE REMEMBERED . $ TO DIE IS BUT SEARCH FOR YOU AGAIN . $ 01 < ( GRUFF ) > $ WHO ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ? $ 09 WHAT WOULD YOU WRITE TO ME , I WONDER , IF YOU COULD WRIT E ? $ 05 I AM NOT LONELY , BECAUSE I AM ALONE . $ THE MEN HAVE GONE . $ THE HUNTING HORNS ARE SILENT . $ THERE IS NO MISCHIEF ANYWHERE . $ EVEN THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST WANDER INTO THE PASTURE UNAFRA ID . $ THERE 'S NOTHING TO CONFESS . $ AND WHAT WOULD YOU WRITE ? $ #42 $ 09 I 'D WRITE , I 'D WRITE ... LET ME SEE ... $ I 'D WRITE THAT I AM LONELY BECAUSE I AM NOT ALONE . $ MY LONELINESS TRAVELS WITH ME . $ SIX THOUSAND MEN CARRY IT AND I CARRY THEIRS FOR THEM . $ I SHARE MY SECRETS AS I SHARE MY WATER AND MY FOOD . $ 05 BUT WHY ? $ THESE MEN WERE NEVER FRIENDS OF YOURS . $ 09 WHERE THERE IS NO CHOICE , ALL MEN ARE FRIENDS . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ WHY ARE YOU SILENT ? $ 05 I FEEL ANOTHER JOURNEY COMING . $ THE CHILD BEGINS TO STIR , AND I KNOW MY CUE FOR TEARS . $ I WILL NOT CRY . $ I WILL NOT CRY AT ALL . $ NOW OR THEN . $ 06 < ( ENTERING ) > $ WHY ARE YOU CRYING , MY CHILD ? $ 05 < ( ANGRY , TURNING HER HEAD AWAY ) > $ CRYING ? $ I AM SO ANGRY WITH MY MAN ! $ 06 ANGRY , CHILD ? $ CAN HE HELP HIS ABSENCE ANY MORE THAN I CAN HELP MY PRESENCE ? $ 05 WHY ARE YOU HERE TO BOTHER ME ? $ 06 THEY DEEMED I WAS TOO OLD TO DIE BEFORE MY TIME . $ REST ASSURED , YOUR MAN WILL RETURN ... $ 09 I HAVE MARKED MY PLACE IN THE BOOK . $ EVEN IF IT DROPS FROM MY HAND , I WILL KNOW EVERY DETAIL OF WHAT WENT BEFORE . $ 05 WHY SHOULD YOU DIE ? $ 09 A COWARD CAN SURVIVE . $ HE FINDS OUT NOTHING . $ HE MERELY STAYS ALIVE . $ 05 IS THAT NOT ENOUGH ? $ 09 NO . $ 01 < ( CRAWLING OVER TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ) > $ HERE , TAKE A SIP OF WATER , MAN . $ YOU 'RE RAVIN' ! $ 09 I DON'T WANT IT . $ 01 < ( AS VIOLENT AS HE CAN MANAGE ) > $ TAKE IT ! $ THAT 'S AN ORDER ! $ YOU 'RE UNDER-BLOODY-MINING US ALL ! $ < CALLS OF ' TAKE IT , ' ' GO ON , ' ETC. , ARE HEARD . $ THE GENERAL ENTERS IN FULL ARMOUR , HARDLY ABLE TO MOVE . > $ #43 $ 03 WATER , FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ! $ 01 PLATOON ! $ TO YOUR FEET ! $ < THEY STRUGGLE TO THEIR KNEES . > $ 03 FORGET THE PROTOCOL ! $ JUST GIVE ME WATER . $ 01 IT IS BLESSED . $ 03 I DON'T CARE IF IT 'S PERSPIRATION OF A SAINT , I MUST HA VE IT ! $ 01 < ( AS HE GIVES THE GENERAL HIS FLASK ) > $ IT 'S THE LAST WE HAVE . $ < ( THE GENERAL DRAINS IT . ) > $ 03 IS THERE NO MORE ? $ < ( THE MEN LOOK AT EACH OTHER , DISMAY AND HATRED SUDDENLY WRITTEN ON THEIR FACES . $ A WEIRD SOUND IS HEARD . ) > $ THE INFIDEL ! $ EVERY TIME I PUT THIS ARMOUR ON , I FEEL A PRESSING NEED TO RELIEVE MYSELF . $ 01 WE CAN GET YOU OUT OF THERE IN HALF AN HOUR . $ 03 WITH THE ENEMY SO CLOSE ? $ ARE YOU MAD ? $ NO , NO , IT MUST BE A NERVOUS REACTION TO THE IMMINENCE OF BATTLE . $ IT WILL PASS . $ WHERE DID THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET COME FROM ? $ 01 < ( POINTING RIGHT ) > $ FROM OVER THERE . $ 15 < ( POINTING IN ALL DIRECTIONS BUT ONE ) > $ THERE , THERE , THERE . $ 03 THEN WE WILL ADVANCE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION . $ WITH A LITTLE LUCK WE MAY OUTFLANK THEM . $ 01 FORM UP ! $ SHOULDER CROSSBOWS ! $ < ( THE MEN FORM UP WITH THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY . ) > $ ANY ORDER OF THE DAY , SIR ? $ 03 INSTRUCT EVERY MAN TO PRAY FOR MY SAFETY . $ 01 YOU HEARD THAT , MEN . $ START PRAYING ! $ < ( THEY GO OFF LIKE A HIDEOUS PARODY OF THE CRUCIFIXION . ) > $ RIGHT , PRAYERS OVER . $ SOMEONE GIVE US THE SONG OF THE OLD HERMIT OF CHARTRES . $ 04 I 'LL SING IT . $ I 'VE WRITTEN NEW WORDS FOR IT . $ < ( HE SINGS . ) > $ THERE WAS AN OLD HERMIT OF CHARTRES WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH A TARTRE . $ THE CUNNING OLD FOX CONTRACTED THE POX AND BECAME A GOOD CHR ISTIAN MARTRE . $ ALLELUIA ! $ ALLE-LU-IA ! $ < THEY DISAPPEAR . $ THE ARABIC TRUMPET SOUNDS A LOUDER AND MORE IMMINENT NOTE > . $ #44 $ 06 < ( TO THE WIFE ) > $ COME WITH ME . $ DO NOT STAND HERE , STARING INTO THE DISTANCE . $ WHAT CAN YOU SEE , CHILD ? $ 05 I 'LL TELL YOU SOON ENOUGH . $ < THERE IS A SOUND OF THE CLASH OF ARMS , SHRIEKS AND SCREAM S . $ IT RISES TO AN ELECTRONIC INTENSITY AND DIES ON A SOB . $ THE VICTOR APPEARS . $ HE WAS KNOWN AS THE ENEMY LEADER IN ROMAN TIMES . $ HE IS NOW IN THE GORGEOUS ROBES OF AN ARAB CHIEFTAIN . $ WITH HIM IS HIS DAUGHTER , VEILED . $ HE CLAPS HIS HANDS . $ A COUPLE OF ARABS CARRY IN THE SUIT OF ARMOUR AND SET IT DOW N . > $ 11 < ( TAPPING THE ARMOUR WITH HIS SCIMITAR ) > $ ARE YOU STILL IN THERE , CHRISTIAN ? $ YOU HAVE HAD THE INCALCULABLE MISFORTUNE TO FALL INTO THE HA NDS OF THE EMIR IBRAHIM BIN YUSSUF AL HADJ , THE RICHEST OF YOUR OPPONENTS , AND THE MOST DEVOUT . $ < ( THE GENERAL ENTERS . $ HE WEARS ONLY A LOINCLOTH , AND HIS HANDS ARE TIED . $ HE LOOKS MINUTE ALONGSIDE HIS ARMOUR . $ THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ENTERS WITH HIM , ALSO TIED . ) > $ OH , THERE YOU ARE ! $ HOW YOU HAVE SHRUNK IN DEFEAT , LITTLE FELLOW . $ 03 I AM ARCHIBALD , COUNT OF ROCHENTIERE . $ 11 < ( SARCASTIC ) > $ WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT . $ 03 A RANSOM CAN BE ARRANGED . $ 11 NOT WITH ME . $ NO MONEY CAN SPEAK FOR YOU . $ < ( CURIOUS . ) > $ AH , AFTER ALL , YOU HAVE ONE SOLDIER WITH YOU WHO DID NOT R UN AWAY . $ DO YOU PLEAD FOR YOUR LEADER'S LIFE , FELLOW ? $ 09 YES , I PLEAD FOR ANY MAN'S LIFE . $ 11 < ( STARING AT HIM ) > $ BUT I KNOW YOU ... NOT SO MUCH YOUR FACE AS YOUR EXPRESSION ... YASMINA , MY DAUGHTER , DO YOU REMEMBER HIM ? $ 13 < ( UNSURE ) > $ NO ... $ 11 A TREE ... A TREE BESIDE A MOUNTAIN PATH ... WE PASSED IN CHAINS , YOU AND I ... A COUPLE OF ROMAN SOLDIERS STARING A T THE SKY LIKE LOVERS ... $ < ( HE TURNS SLOWLY TO THE GENERAL , SNARLING . ) > $ AND YOU ! $ THREE TIMES ROUND THE WALLS OF ROME ... NOW I KNOW YOU ! $ SHOWERED WITH ROSE PETALS BY THAT BELCHING , PUKING , STINKI NG ROMAN MOB ! $ THE ROCKS AND PEBBLES HAMMERING MY HEAD . $ I HOPED THAT EVERY SECOND WOULD BE MY LAST , BUT STILL I LIV ED ON . $ 03 STOP IT ! $ THOSE WERE DIFFERENT TIMES ... $ #45 $ 11 < ( FULL OF LOATHING ) > $ DIFFERENT TIMES ! $ 03 THERE WERE NO GREAT MORAL ISSUES . $ WE ALL BEHAVED LIKE ANIMALS . $ WE KNEW NO BETTER . $ 11 DID WE NOT ? $ I ASKED YOU WHETHER YOU BELIEVED IN A LIFE AFTER DEATH AND Y OU MOCKED ME . $ NOW HAVE YOU LEARNED TO BELIEVE ? $ I STILL DO , ALAS . $ I CANNOT KILL YOU FOR EVER ! $ < HE LUNGES AT THE GENERAL . $ THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER STEPS FORWARD . > $ 09 NO ! $ < ( HE ACCEPTS THE BLOW ON THE SHOULDER AND SINKS TO THE GRO UND . ) > $ NO MORE DEATH ... $ < HE DIES . > $ 05 NOW TRY TO CONSOLE ME . $ 06 I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES , AND SEE THAT I CANNOT . $ 05 NO , YOU CANNOT ... $ < SHE EXITS SLOWLY . > $ 06 < ( HE VANISHES ) > $ OH MY GOD , TO WHAT FOLLY HAVE I LENT YOUR NAME ? $ 11 < ( SLOW ) > $ YOU HAVE FOUND A MAN TO DIE FOR YOU , AND IT HAS APPEASED MY ANGER . $ WHO WAS HE ? $ 03 < ( SHAKING ) > $ I NEVER KNEW HIS NAME . $ 11 < ( WITH OPULENT ORIENTAL MELANCHOLY ) > $ WITH WHAT ECONOMY HE EXPRESSED HIMSELF , AND MADE US LOOK LI KE FOOLS ! $ WE WILL BUILD A FOUNTAIN FROM WHICH FRESH WATER WIL PLAY ETE RNALLY . $ OUR FINEST CRAFTSMEN WILL ENCRUST IT WITH RUBIES AND EMERALD S , SYMBOLIZING BLOOD AND HOPE . $ IT WILL BE KNOWN AS THE FOUNTAIN OF THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR , TH E WORDS 'NO MORE DEATH ' WILL BE INSCRIBED UPON IT , AND IT WILL BE A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE . $ 03 ALL THIS FOR A SIMPLE SOLDIER ? $ 11 < ( WITH A RETURN OF CUNNING ) > $ ALL THIS FOR A SIMPLE SOLDIER . $ AND FOR THE COUNT ? $ WHAT DID HE DO TO YOU AFTER I HAD BEEN TAKEN TO ROME , YASMI NA ? $ 13 HE RESPECTED ME FOR A DAY OR TWO . $ 11 HOW STRANGE - AND THEN ? $ 13 THEN HE TOOK ME TO HIS BED AFTER ALL . $ 11 HE MADE YOU HIS WIFE ? $ 13 NO . $ HE SOLD ME INTO SLAVERY . $ HE HAD A WIFE ALREADY . $ #46 $ 11 I SEE . $ HE LIKES MANY WOMEN , AS WE DO . $ THE LIFE OF THE HAREM WOULD SUIT HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND , DO N'T YOU THINK ? $ 03 I HAVE ALL THE WOMEN I WANT IN MY CASTLE . $ 11 DID NOBODY WARN YOU THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO REFUSE THE HO SPITALITY OF AN ARAB ? $ WE ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE PEOPLE . $ GENEROSITY IS A PART OF OUR RELIGION . $ I INVITE YOU TO SHARE MY HAREM WITH ME FOR LIFE . $ 03 I AM , OF COURSE , PROFOUNDLY TOUCHED . $ 11 AS A EUNUCH . $ 03 YOU MUST BE JOKING ! $ 11 I AM PREPARED TO LAUGH , CHRISTIAN . $ TAKE HIM AWAY ! $ < ( THE ARABS BUSTLE THE SCREAMING GENERAL OUT . $ THE ENEMY LEADER LAUGHS . ) > $ IS THE JOKE A GOOD ONE , YASMINA ? $ 13 VERY GOOD , O MY FATHER , BUT I CAN'T HELP WONDERING ... $ 11 YES ? $ 13 WHAT WILL HE DO TO YOU NEXT TIME ? $ 11 < ( NERVOUS , FOR ONCE ) > $ YOU ARE RIGHT , MY TREASURE ... $ < ( AS THEY GO . ) > $ ONCE HE IS CASTRATED , WE MUST TREAT HIM WITH EVERY CONSIDER ATION . $ < ( THE GENERAL SCREAMS . ) > $ OH , MY DEAR COUNT , YOU WILL PARTAKE OF SOME SHERBET WITH M E ? $ < THE SKY DARKENS AGAIN . $ THE MAN WANDER ON , DISHEVELLED , IN RAGS . $ 01 WHERE ARE WE ? $ 04 IT 'S COLD NOW ... WE MUST BE NEAR HOME ... $ < THE ARCHBISHOP APPEARS , NOW DRESSED AS A PURITAN , WITH C ONICAL BLACK HAT , AUSTERE COAT AND PUMPS . $ HE CARRIES A SMALL PORTABLE PULPIT , WHICH HE ERECTS . > $ 01 BEG PARDON , SIR , COULD YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE ? $ 06 THOU ART LOST , THEE AND THINE . $ 02 WE KNOW WE 'RE LOST , WITH ALL DUE RESPECT . $ WE 'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE . $ 06 UPON THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION , IF THOU WILT HEAR MY LESSON . $ 07 REDEMPTION ? $ IN WHAT LAND IS THAT ? $ 06 IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN . $ #47 $ 02 WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE , SIR . $ WE 'VE MANAGED TO AVOID THAT . $ 06 THOU STANDETH IN NEED OF SALVATION , BROTHER . $ WE HAVE SINNED EXCEEDINGLY , AND THERE IS NO HEALTH IN US . $ THE COFFERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE EMPTY , THE VAULTS OF SATAN FULL TO OVERFLOWING . $ LET US BEGIN OUR WAR UPON THE MASTER OF DARKNESS AT THE BEGI NNING , AT THE HOUR OF BIRTH . $ THE NEWBORN CHILD MUST NEEDS BE COVERED AT ONCE , LEST THE S IGHT OF HIS OWN NAKEDNESS LEAD HIM INTO IMMEDIATE TEMPTATION ... AT TIMES OF LACTATION , THE DRESS SHOULD BE SO ARRANGED THAT ONLY THE NIPPLE PROTRUDETH , NEVER SEEMING TO BE THE C ROWN OF THAT ODIOUS ROTUNDITY WHICH IS THE FIELD FOR SOME OF BEELZEBUB'S MOST NOTORIOUS PRANKS . $ THE INFANT SHOULD BE BLINDFOLDED , AND GUIDED TO THE MILK-GI VING VALVE , SO THAT NO HEINOUS ASSOCIATION MAY DEVELOP IN L ATER LIFE . $ I SEE A QUESTION ? $ 01 MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR , WE 'RE JUST A PLATOON OF SOLD IERS ON OUR WAY HOME FROM THE CRUSADES . $ IF YOU 'D JUST ANSWER OUR QUESTION , WE 'LL BE ON OUR WAY .. . $ < THE ENTIRE CAST BEGINS TO ASSEMBLE DURING THE ARCHBISHOP'S HARANGUE . $ THEY ARE DRESSED SIMPLY , AND WITHOUT PALPABLE PERSONALITY . > $ 06 < ( AGHAST ) > $ FROM THE CRUSADES , SAYEST THOU ? $ REPENT , REPENT THEN ! $ MONSTROUS INSTRUMENTS OF A POPISH PLOT ! $ AND HOME , SAY YOU ? $ HOME IS THE WORLD FOR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS . $ IN MY COMPANY , THOU ART IN THE COMPANY OF ALMIGHTY GOD , AN D THEREFORE THOU ART HOME ! $ < THE MEN LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER IN PERPLEXITY . > $ 07 HOME IS WHERE MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE . $ 06 WHAT SAYEST THOU ? $ AND WHAT WOULD 'ST THOU DO WITH THY WIFE , PRAY ? $ 07 IF YOU MUST KNOW , I WOULD LAY WITH HER ... IT 'S BEEN AB OUT TWENTY YEARS ... I ENJOY HER COMPANY ... $ 06 LAY WITH HER ? $ MY BROTHER , THE DEVIL IS WELL AND TRULY ENTRENCHED IN THEE ! $ OUT , OUT I SAY ! $ 07 OUT WHAT ? $ 06 OUT , SATAN ! $ OUR SISTERS ARE IN THIS WORLD FOR THE SACRED PURPOSE OF PROC REATION , AND NO OTHER - AT NO TIME MAY THEY BE ENJOYED . $ < ( HE SUDDENLY SEES THE WIFE . ) > $ THY ANKLE IS SHOWING , SISTER ! $ #48 $ < ( A MURMUR OF ANGER RISES AMONG THE CROWD . ) > $ THOU NEVER KNOWEST WHERE SATAN WILL SHOW HIMSELF NEXT ! $ 04 < ( WITH A SHOUT ) > $ WE ARE HOME ! $ IT 'S FATHER BENEDICT ! $ HE 'S GONE ROUND THE BEND ! $ 01 < ( ANGRY ) > $ DON'T YOU KNOW BETTER THAN TO INTERRUPT A SERMON ? $ 04 FATHER BENEDICT ! $ THE BIRD WITH TWO LIVERS ! $ IS THIS THE RESULT OF YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE ? $ < THE MEN SEEM ABOUT TO MANHANDLE THE REBEL . > $ 06 YEAH ! $ YEAH , REMIND ME OF MY SINS , BROTHER . $ I CARRY THE SINS OF THE WORLD UPON MY BACK , AMONG THEM MINE OWN ! $ LET HIM SPEAK ! $ IT IS GOOD TO SUFFER SO ! $ 04 AND HE 'S TAKING YOU IN AGAIN ? $ 07 STONE HIM ! $ 08 HANG HIM ! $ 01 BURN HIM ! $ THE DEVIL 'S GOT INSIDE HIM ! $ 06 LEAVE HIM BE ! $ LET US SING A HYMN , IN UNISON . $ HARMONY TOO IS THE WORK OF SATAN , TO SAY NOTHING OF COUNTER POINT , CANON AND FUGE . $ THOSE ROCKY PROTUBERANCES OF MUSIC ARE LEDGES UPON WHICH THE DARK ONE CAN CONCEAL HIMSELF UNMOLESTED ! $ WE HAVE THE SINS OF CENTURIES TO ERASE , DEARLY BELOVED ! $ THE DEBIT OF THE HUMAN RACE IS SUCH THAT IT WILL TAKE ALL OU R COURAGE AND ALL OUR GRAVITY TO REDISCOVER THE PARADISE WE HAVE LOST . $ TAKE HEART ! $ COVER THE STATUES , WHITEWASH THE CHURCHES , DRESS THE NAKED ON THE MURALS , AND ABOVE ALL - ABOVE ALL - CLOSE THE THEAT RES - FOR EVER ! $ < THE ENTIRE CAST , WHO HAVE PLACED PURITAN HATS ON THEIR HE ADS DURING THIS SPEECH , AND MURMURED ' AMENS ' AND ' ALLELU IAS ' , NOW GAZE UPWARD AS THE CURTAIN SLOWLY FALLS . $ THEIR EYES FOLLOW THE CURTAIN WITH AWE AND A BEWILDERED SENS E OF OCCASION . > $ < CURTAIN > $ #49 $ < SECOND ACT OF WAR > $ < THE STAGE HAS AN ATMOSPHERE OF COOL PRECISION ABOUT IT , A ND NO WONDER , FOR THE ARCHBISHOP SITS THERE SIPPING CHOCOLA TE , HIS AMPLE WIG CASCADING DOWN HIS SHOULDERS . $ HE IS ENJOYING THE COMPANY OF THE BEAUTIFUL FEMALE WHO HAS B EEN KNOWN HITHERTO AS SIMPLY THE WOMAN . > $ 13 HOW IS IT , MY LORD ARCHBISHOP , THAT , APART FROM YOUR W IG , WHICH BETOKENS ADHERENCE TO ANOTHER AGE , THERE IS NOTH ING ABOUT YOU TO SUGGEST THE THINKER , LET ALONE THE DIVINE ? $ 06 < ( AFFABLE ) > $ LA , MADAM , WE LIVE IN THE AGE OF REASON . $ IN AN AGE OF REASON , IT BEHOOVES MEN TO BEHAVE REASONABLY . $ 13 MEN , YES , BUT CLERGYMEN ? $ 06 CLERGYMEN MOST OF ALL , FOR THEY HAVE THE REPUTATION OF B EING THE LEAST REASONABLE OF MEN . $ HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW THEY RAIL AGAINST COMMON PRACTICES SUCH AS ADULTERY ? $ 13 WOULD YOU DEFEND LIBERTINES THEN ? $ 06 ARE NOT THE WORDS LIBERTY AND LIBERTINE DERIVED FROM THE SAME SOURCE , MADAM ? $ DOES NOT INDEED LIBERTINE HAVE A FEMININE GRACE TO IT , LEAV ING LIBERTY BUT A PALLID MASCULINITY - YET WE , COWARDLY CRE ATURES THAT WE ARE , TEND TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES FOR THE ONE AND CONDEMN THE OTHER . $ 13 ARE YOU NOT AFRAID OF BEING OVERHEARD , MY LORD ? $ 06 BY WOMEN ? $ I ASK NOTHING BETTER . $ BY MEN ? $ I AM A MAN . $ BY OTHER CLERICS ? $ I WAITED UNTIL I WAS AT THE TOP OF MY PARTICULAR TREE BEFORE I GAVE FREE REIN TO MY THOUGHTS . $ < ( HE SIGHS HUMOROUSLY . ) > $ AND THUS I WASTED THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE . $ < ( SMILING . ) > $ DO I CONFUSE YOU ? $ MAY I MAKE AMENDS BY COMPLIMENTING YOU UPON YOUR CHOCOLATE ? $ IT IS AS DELECTABLE AS YOU ARE . $ 13 IS THAT A DECLARATION , SIR , OR AN EXPRESSION OF REGRET ? $ 06 < ( ASIDE ) > $ WITH THAT WIT SHE READS BETWEEN MY LINES - ALTHOUGH I MUST S AY , THE SPACES I LEAVE THERE ARE ENORMOUS . $ I WILL DISSEMBLE . $ < ( TO THE WOMAN . ) > $ WERE I TO BE OVER-CONSCIOUS OF THE GREY HAIRS WHICH LIE CONC EALED BENEATH THIS WIG , THEN I OWN , MADAM , IT WOULD BE AN EXPRESSION OF REGRET . $ AND YET , IF I AM TO PAY HEED TO THE YOUTHFUL HEART WHICH ST ILL LIES HIDDEN BENEATH THE CLOTH , I 'LL GRANT IT IS A DECL ARATION . $ #50 $ 13 < ( ASIDE ) > $ VANITY KNOWS NO AGE . $ AS MAN'S BODY WEAKENS , IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF HIS ATTRIBUTES WHICH GROWS STRONGER BY THE MINUTE . $ 06 MAY I HAVE SOME MORE CHOCOLATE ? $ 13 < ( ASIDE ) > $ HIS DESIRES ARE INSATIABLE . $ AND YET , IF THE YOUNGER CLERICS WERE LIKE HE , THE CHURCHES WOULD BE FULL TO OVERFLOWING . $ < ( SHE RINGS A BELL . ) > $ SIR , HOW DID YOU COME BY SUCH LIGHT THOUGHTS ? $ 06 I CAME TO THEM BY ARTISTRY , MADAM , FOR NOTHING REQUIRES MORE ART IN ITS DIFFUSION THAN CONVENTIONAL MORALITY . $ FOR EXAMPLE , I MAKE YOU CONSCIOUS OF YOUR OWN MORALITY , MA DAM , BY COMPELLING YOU TO REJECT MY ADVANCES . $ 13 AND IF I SURRENDER TO YOU , SIR ? $ 06 THEN I WILL HAPPILY ADMIT FAILURE , MADAM , AND PRAY FOR BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME . $ COME , SHALL WE TO YOUR BEDCHAMBER ? $ 13 BUT I HAVE ORDERED MORE CHOCOLATE , SIR ! $ 06 AFTER I HAVE DRUNK MY CHOCOLATE , MADAM . $ < THE WIFE ENTERS , CARRYING THE CHOCOLATE . $ SHE IS A PLUMP AND APPETIZING SOUBRETTE . > $ 13 YOU SPEAK WITH A RARE CYNICISM , MY LORD . $ 06 MADAM , IT IS THE LANGUAGE OF OUR TIMES . $ THE PURITANS SOUGHT TO BEND THE WORLD INTO THE IMAGE OF PARA DISE , BUT BEING HUMAN , ALL THEY SUCCEEDED IN DOING WAS TO EMULATE HELL . $ THE GREAT WIND OF FREEDOM WHICH SWEEPS THROUGH THE WORLD IS MANKIND'S SIGH OF RELIEF ... RELIEF AT LIFE REDISCOVERED ... WITH ALL ITS TRANSITORY PLEASURES AND TEASING CONDIMENTS . $ 13 < ( ASIDE ) > $ WITH WHAT INDECENT HASTE HE DRINKS HIS BEVERAGE ! $ I MUST INDUCE HIM TO ASK FOR A THIRD CUP . $ 06 < ( ASIDE ) > $ THAT IS , WITHOUT A DOUBT , THE WORST CHOCOLATE I HAVE DRUNK IN YEARS . $ WHAT SACRIFICES A MAN MUST MAKE TO PUNCTUATE HIS GALLANTRY , FOR THE GREATEST ENEMY OF THE RAKE IS HASTE . $ 13 WILL YOU NOT PARTAKE OF ANOTHER CUP , SIR ? $ 06 ANOTHER CUP , MADAM , WOULD BE TO ABUSE YOUR TIME AND MY TASTE BUDS . $ CHOCOLATE , LIKE LOVE , PALLS WHEN TAKEN IN EXCESSIVE DOSES . $ < ( RISING . ) > $ SHALL WE THEN PASS FROM ONE TO THE OTHER ? $ < A BUGLE BLOWS AS THE ARCHBISHOP LEANS OVER HIS QUARRY . > $ #51 $ 13 IT IS MY HUSBAND , WITH HIS REGIMENT . $ 06 HOW LIKE A SOLDIER , TO BE FOREVER IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME . $ < THE GENERAL ENTERS IN A BRIGHT AND PREPOSTEROUS UNIFORM . > $ 03 MADAM , I HAVE RETURNED ! $ 13 AND I , SIR , AM THE HAPPIEST AND MOST IMPATIENT OF WOMEN ! $ 03 < ( SEIZING HER , WITH A LAUGH ) > $ IMPATIENT , SAY YOU ? $ 13 < ( REJECTING HIM ) > $ TO HEAR YOUR NEWS . $ 03 FIFTY DAYS' MARCH ACROSS FLANDERS AND BACK AGAIN IN SEARC H OF THE ENEMY - AND NO SIGN OF HIM . $ 06 HE , NO DOUBT , SPENT FIFTY DAYS IN SEARCH OF YOU . $ 03 AH , MY LORD ARCHBISHOP , I DID NOT SEE YOU . $ < ( ASIDE . ) > $ WHAT DOES THIS SCURVY CLERIC HERE ? $ 06 < ( ASIDE ) > $ IF HE FAILS TO SEE ME IN A ROOM , IS IT ANY WONDER HE HAS DI FFICULTY FINDING THE ENEMY IN THE WHOLE OF FLANDERS ? $ 03 IT IS A STRANGE KIND OF WAR INDEED , WITH NO SIGN OF THE ENEMY . $ 06 SHALL WE SAY IT IS A SAFE KIND OF WAR ? $ 03 IS THAT AN INSINUATION , SIR ? $ 06 IT IS A CONGRATULATION , SIR . $ 03 IF YOU WERE AN OFFICER ... $ 06 I AM NOT , SIR ; I OPPOSE GRAVER DANGERS . $ 03 SUCH AS CONSTIPATION FROM TOO MUCH CHOCOLATE ? $ 06 CONSTIPATION OF THE BODY , SIR , IS CURABLE . $ THAT OF THE MIND , NOT . $ 03 < ( ASIDE ) > $ THIS FELLOW RAILS WITH A SPIRIT SOMETHING LESS THAN SACRED . $ < ( TO THE ARCHBISHOP . ) > $ HAVE YOU DESIGNS UPON MY WIFE , SIR ? $ 06 < ( ASIDE ) > $ FOR COARSENESS OF EXPRESSION , THIS VARLET TAKES THE WAFER . $ < ( TO THE GENERAL . ) > $ NOT TO HAVE DESIGNS UPON YOUR WIFE , SIR , WERE TO BE INSENS ITIVE TO BEAUTY . $ AND YET , NOT ALL DESIGNS BECOME CATHEDRALS . $ 13 < ( ASIDE ) > $ I BLUSH - FOR THE CATHEDRALS . $ 03 WHY DO YOU BLUSH , MADAM ? $ 13 ALAS , SIR , IS IT A PLEASANT LOT FOR A WOMAN OF QUALITY TO KNOW THAT WHEN HER HUSBAND MAKES REFERENCE TO THE ENEMY , HE IS ALLUDING TO NONE OTHER THAN HER OWN DEAR FATHER ? $ #52 $ 03 < ( RATTLED ) > $ MADAM , MADAM , WE HAVE EXPLORED THIS TERRITORY MANY TIMES B EFORE , AND FOUND IT STERILE . $ THE FACT THAT YOUR REVERED FATHER , THE KING , AND I FIND OU RSELVES OPPOSED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE IS BUT ONE OF MANY IN CONVENIENCES WHICH ARISE FROM A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE . $ < ( A TRUMPET SOUNDS . ) > $ WHAT IS THAT ? $ 06 < ( SHADING HIS EYES AND LOOKING OUT OVER THE AUDIENCE ) > $ THE ENEMY AT LAST ! $ HE HAS FOUND YOU . $ 03 < ( DRAWING HIS SWORD ) > $ OUTNUMBERED - AND SURPRISED ! $ 06 THAT YOU ARE SURPRISED IS NEVER SURPRISING . $ 13 < ( TRAGIC ) > $ FATHER ! $ O THAT THIS WOMAN'S HEART OF MINE WOULD BREAK ! $ TO SEE THE NOBLEST OF MEN LOCKED IN MORTAL COMBAT ! $ 03 WHAT 'S THIS ? $ HOW NOW ? $ A WHITE FLAG ? $ DOES HE SURRENDER ? $ 13 SURRENDER ! $ NEVER ! $ FATHER , RATHER DIE THAN SEE YOUR HONOUR SMIRCHED BY THE VIL E UPSTART I CALL HUSBAND BY YOUR ROYAL DECREE ! $ < THE FATHER , THE ENEMY LEADER , ENTERS IN A UNIFORM OF ABS URD DIGNITY , FEATHERS ALL OVER THE PLACE . $ THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER CARRIES HIS BAG . > $ 06 < ( SINCE THE GENERAL AND THE WIFE STILL LOOK OUT OVER TH E AUDIENCE . ) > $ AHEM . $ AT THE RISK OF SURPRISING YOU AGAIN - HIS MAJESTY IS WITH US . $ 11 I COME IN PEACE , MOST ELEVATED , SPLENDID AND RESOURCEFU L PRINCE . $ 13 FATHER ! $ 03 SILENCE , WOMAN ! $ MOST NOBLE , AUGUST AND UTTERLY SERENE MAJESTY , IS THIS THE N SURRENDER ? $ 11 SURRENDER ? $ NEVER ! $ 13 < ( GRATEFUL ) > $ OH , FATHER ! $ 11 SILENCE , GIRL ! $ 03 IS IT THE GESTURE OF MEN OF HONOUR TO APPEAR IN LINE OF B ATTLE AT THE HOUR OF LUNCH ? $ 11 LET NO MAN SAY I CUT SHORT MEALS IN PURSUIT OF GLORY . $ ON THIS OCCASION , HOWEVER , OUR INTERESTS COINCIDE , AND UN DER THE FLAG OF TRUCE I CAME AS QUICKLY AS I COULD . $ #53 $ 03 < ( SURPRISED ) > $ OUR INTERESTS COINCIDE ? $ HOW 'S THIS ? $ EXPLAIN YOURSELF , YOUR MAJESTY . $ 11 I AM AWARE THAT ON THE FACE OF IT , THERE IS NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN US . $ 13 OH , FATHER ! $ 03 11 SILENCE ! $ 11 WE BOTH CLAIM THE THRONE OF HELIGOLAND , THE ELECTORATE O F POTSDAM , AND THE MORGANATIC GRAND-DUCHY OF HESSEN-ESSEN A ND PLESSEN . $ PLEASANT AS THIS WAR OF SUCCESSION HAS BEEN , IT IS TIME TO PUT AN END TO IT BY MUTUAL CONSENT BEFORE IT PUTS AN END TO US BY FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES . $ I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED , HOWEVER , THAT OUR PATROLS MET ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE . $ 03 WHAT SAY YOU ? $ 11 THEY MET , AND IN LIEU OF KILLING EACH OTHER AS PRESCRIBE D IN THE ARTICLES OF WAR , THEY FRATERNIZED , COMPARING NOTE S ON CONDITIONS OF LIFE , PAYMENT , AND THE LIKE . $ 03 HAVE YOU PROOF OF THIS ? $ 11 THIS MAN , MY SERVANT . $ COME FORWARD , MAN . $ < ( TO THE GENERAL . ) > $ SPEAK SLOWLY , HE IS A FOOL . $ 03 < ( VERY SLOWLY ) > $ IS THIS TRUE , MAN ? $ DID YOU FRATERNIZE WITH MY SOLDIERS ? $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ MAKE FRIENDS ? $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ POW-WOW ? $ 09 < ( GRINNING ) > $ OH YES , SIR , WE DID , BUT NOT MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE A DA Y . $ THERE WASN'T THE OPPORTUNITY , YOU SEE . $ 03 AND WHY DID YOU NOT TELL YOUR OFFICERS OF THIS ? $ 09 WE RECKONED THEY 'D HAVE PUT A STOP TO IT . $ 03 < ( EXPLODING ) > $ BUT WHY IS THIS MAN STILL ALIVE ? $ HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT AS AN EXAMPLE ! $ 11 ARE YOU WILLING TO SHOOT YOUR ENTIRE ARMY AS AN EXAMPLE I F YOU ARE NOT SURE THAT I AM GOING TO DO LIKEWISE ? $ 03 < ( SUDDENLY ) > $ BUT I KNOW YOU , SOLDIER . $ YOU ALWAYS WENT OFF AND CHATTED WITH THE ENEMY , DIDN'T YOU ? $ 09 I 'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN PEOPLE , SIR , IF THAT 'S WHAT YOU MEAN . $ #54 $ 03 AND FLOWERS ... AND POETRY ... $ 11 < ( DRY ) > $ HE DIED FOR YOU ONCE , AND NOW YOU WISH TO SHOOT HIM . $ 03 GREAT HEAVENS , I KNOW YOU TOO ! $ 13 < ( SUFFERING ) > $ I WARNED YOU , FATHER . $ 03 THE DEGRADATION OF A LIFE SPENT IN A SMELLY HAREM , SURRO UNDED BY VAST WOMEN BATHING IN CURDLED MILK ! $ 11 YOU USED TO SING FOR US AFTER SUPPER IN A PURE AND EXQUIS ITE COLORATURA VOICE . $ < WITH A ROAR , THE GENERAL DRAWS HIS SWORD . $ THE ENEMY LEADER DOES LIKEWISE . > $ 13 FATHER ! $ HUSBAND ! $ 11 DO KEEP QUIET , ANNABEL . $ YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO US HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED QUITE A WHILE A GO . $ < ( TO THE GENERAL . ) > $ I RECOGNIZED YOU AT YOUR WEDDING , DOG ! $ 03 WHY DID YOU ALLOW ME TO GO THROUGH WITH IT ? $ 11 BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS SHRUNK . $ A KING NEEDS ENEMIES TO JUSTIFY HIS APPETITE FOR CONQUEST - AND WHAT GREATER EVIDENCE OF ESTEEM IS THERE THAN TO KEEP EN MITY IN THE FAMILY . $ I COULD THINK OF NO GREATER COMPLIMENT TO YOU . $ 03 YOU WERE AFRAID OF ME THIS TIME ! $ THAT 'S WHY YOU BRIBED ME WITH YOUR DAUGHTER . $ 11 < ( HAUGHTY ) > $ IT IS UNGENTLEMANLY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE TRUTH IN SUCH A CAVALIER FASHION . $ 03 IT 'S TRUE THEN ! $ 11 I ONLY ADMIT IT BECAUSE THE DAYS OF OUR HOSTILITY ARE OVE R , AS ARE THE DAYS OF ELEGANCE IN BATTLE . $ < ( THEY RESHEATHE THEIR SWORDS . ) > $ THIS BUSINESS OF STOPPING BATTLES FOR MEALS , WHICH BEGAN AS AN EXQUISITE COURTESY , HAS BECOME AN ACUTE EMBARRASSMENT . $ THERE IS NOT ENOUGH BREAD TO GO ROUND - AND IN THE ABSENCE O F BREAD , THE ONLY SUBSTITUTE IS THOUGHT . $ 13 IF THERE IS NO BREAD , LET THEM EAT - $ < SHE STOPS ABRUPTLY . > $ 06 WHAT , MY DAUGHTER ? $ 13 I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING DREADFUL . $ 06 REST ASSURED - IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID . $ #55 $ 11 OUR SOLDIERS HAVE BEGUN TO READ . $ WE ENCOURAGED THEM IN OUR INFINITE BLINDNESS - BELIEVING IN A KIND OF ABSTRACT ENLIGHTENMENT AS A MARK OF PROGRESS . $ BUT - SOONER THAN YOU IMAGINE - MARK MY WORDS - THEY WILL MA STER THOUGHTS AS WELL , IDEAS , THEORIES . $ AND HOW WILL A DECENT WAR BE POSSIBLE WITH LITERATE SOLDIERY ? $ 03 YOU 'RE MAD ! $ A SOLDIER WITH THEORIES ? $ 11 < ( TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ) > $ WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHOR , MAN ? $ 09 I DON'T KNOW MANY , YOUR MAJESTY . $ 11 BUT YOU CAN READ ? $ 09 SLOWLY , YOUR MAJESTY . $ I STILL CONFUSE THE EFFS AND THE ESSES . $ 11 AND HAVE YOU ANY PREFERENCES AS TO READING MATTER ? $ 09 OH YES , YOUR MAJESTY . $ BUT THERE 'S STILL SO MUCH I HAVEN'T READ , I DON'T LIKE TO EXPRESS MYSELF . $ 11 FEEL FREE , MAN , FEEL FREE . $ 09 WELL , YOUR MAJESTY , IF THAT 'S AN ORDER - THEN , I 'D S AY , OF THE LITTLE I HAVE READ , I LIKE VOLTAIRE BEST OF ALL . $ 03 < ( STAGGERED ) > $ VOLTAIRE ? $ 13 VOLTAIRE ? $ WHO 'S THAT ? $ 11 QUIET , ANNABEL . $ YOU ARE TOO WELL EDUCATED TO KNOW . $ < ( TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER . ) > $ AND DO YOU UNDERSTAND HIM ? $ 09 NO , SIR ,NOT ENTIRELY . $ THAT 'S PERHAPS WHY I LIKE HIM . $ I AM COMPELLED TO READ HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN , YOUR MAJESTY . $ 11 AND WHAT BOOK IN PARTICULAR IS YOUR FAVOURITE ? $ THERE 'S HARDLY ROOM IN YOUR PACK TO TAKE THE COLLECTED WORK S INTO BATTLE . $ 09 OH , A LITTLE VOLUME , YOUR MAJESTY - I HOPE I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT - CALLED CAN-DEED . $ 03 < ( EXPLODING ) > $ WHERE DID YOU GET IT ? $ 09 ONE OF YOUR SOLDIERS WAS KIND ENOUGH TO LEND IT ME , SIR , ON PATROL . $ NOW THAT I 'VE FINISHED IT , I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO RETURN IT TO HIM , IF WE 'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO ON PATROL AGAIN . $ #56 $ 03 < ( BESIDE HIMSELF ) > $ WHAT KIND OF BOOK IS THIS CANDIDE ? $ 11 < ( AMUSED ) > $ YOU HAVE NOT READ IT ? $ 03 < ( STOUTLY ) > $ I HAVE READ ABOUT IT . $ THAT IS WHY I HAVE NOT READ IT . $ 11 IT IS ABOUT THE VICTORY OF A SIMPLETON OVER THE HAZARDS O F A WORLD GOVERNED BY KINGS , PRINCES AND PRELATES . $ I WILL LEND YOU A COPY . $ 06 < ( DRYLY ) > $ I HAVE A COPY HERE . $ < THE GENERAL SEIZES IT . > $ 11 WE MUST SIGN THE PEACE TREATY WITHOUT DELAY . $ ALREADY OUR MEN ARE INTERMINGLING ON THE PARADE GROUND . $ 03 < ( LOOKING OUT OVER THE AUDIENCE ) > $ EXCHANGING READING MATTER ! $ < ( FURIOUS . ) > $ MY COURT OF HONOUR LOOKS LIKE THE CAMPUS OF A UNIVERSITY ! $ WHAT 'S COME OVER THEM ? $ THEY 'RE EVEN LAUGHING ! $ LET US ADJOURN TO THE APARTMENTS OF STATE . $ MADAM , DO YOU PARTAKE SOME CHOCOLATE WITH HIS LORDSHIP WHIL E YOUR ROYAL FATHER AND I DO DRAFT THE TREATY . $ 06 < ( AS THEY GO ) > $ MORE CHOCOLATE ! $ SIX MORE CUPS AND SHE 'LL BE MINE ! $ < WHEN THEY HAVE GONE , THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AVIDLY OPENS HIS PACK , BRINGS OUT A SLIM VOLUME , AND SITS DOWN TO READ IT , SLOWLY , WITH FIENDISH APPLICATION . $ HE UNDERSTANDS A PHRASE WITH THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY , AND R OARS WITH LAUGHTER . $ THE WIFE ENTERS WITH A TRAY TO TAKE AWAY THE CHOCOLATE . > $ 05 < ( ROBUST ) > $ GET UP OFF THE GOOD CHAIR , YOU LOUT ! $ < ( THEY LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER . $ THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER SLOWLY RISES . $ LONG PAUSE . $ HER VOICE IS SMALL , WITH ILL-DISGUISED EMOTION . ) > $ OH , IT'S YOU ... $ 09 < ( AWKWARD ) > $ AFTER ALL THIS TIME , IS THAT ALL YOU 'RE GOING TO SAY ? $ 05 WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO ? $ RUSH INTO YOUR ARMS ? $ 09 < ( ALMOST INAUDIBLE ) > $ I HALF-EXPECTED IT , I MUST SAY . $ 05 WHAT ARE YOU DOING , DRESSED UP LIKE THAT ? $ 09 I 'M A SUBJECT OF HIS MAJESTY . $ #57 $ 05 SINCE WHEN ? $ 09 ALL MY LIFE , ALL THIS LIFE . $ 05 WHAT ARE YOU DOING ? $ READING ? $ 09 MM . $ 05 THAT 'S NEW . $ 09 IT 'S NEW , YES . $ FIVE YEARS AGO IT WAS ONLY THE ALPHABET . $ NOW IT 'S EVERY OTHER WORD , SOMETIMES TWO IN THREE . $ CAN YOU READ ? $ 05 I CAN WRITE MY NAME . $ 09 THAT 'S A START . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ? $ 05 I 'M IN SERVICE WITH THE PRINCE - OR RATHER , WITH THE PR INCESS . $ WE HARDLY EVER SEE THE PRINCE . $ 09 WELL , IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN , I SUPPOSE . $ 05 WHAT ? $ 09 OUR MEETING AGAIN . $ < ( PAUSE . ) > $ REMEMBER WE USED TO SPOUT POETRY AT EACH OTHER ? $ I CAN'T DO IT ANY MORE . $ SINCE I STARTED READING , I CAN'T PHRASE A THOUGHT PROPERLY , THE WAY I USED TO . $ 05 I DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER IT . $ 09 WHY NOT ? $ 05 I WAS SOMEONE ELSE THEN , I WAS YOUNGER . $ 09 NO , YOU WEREN'T . $ 05 I WAS YOUNGER . $ THAT 'S WHY I CAN'T BRING MYSELF TO RUSH INTO YOUR ARMS . $ 09 DON'T YOU WANT TO ? $ 05 GOD KNOWS I WANT TO . $ < THEY EMBRACE . > $ 09 WHAT 'S THE MATTER ? $ 05 WE 'RE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE , THAT 'S WHAT 'S THE MATTER . $ WE 'RE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE AT BIRTH , EVERY TIME , EVERY T IME ... AND YOU KEEP ON GETTING YOURSELF KILLED . $ I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH YOU , AND THAT 'S THE TRUTH . $ IT 'S TOO SILLY . $ 09 YOU MAY BE RIGHT . $ BUT I 'M A BIT SLOW , YOU KNOW . $ I NEED TIME TO THINK THINGS OVER . $ #58 $ 05 TIME ? $ CENTURIES . $ 09 CENTURIES IS TIME . $ 05 WHAT 'S YOUR NAME NOW ? $ 09 ENGELBRECHT . $ 05 SERVES YOU RIGHT . $ 09 WHAT 'S YOURS ? $ 05 ERNESTINE . $ 09 THAT 'S PRETTY . $ 05 YOU KNOW IT 'S HIDEOUS . $ < ( SHE RUSHES INTO HIS ARMS . ) > $ OH GOD , HOW YOU ANNOY ME ! $ < THEY KISS . > $ 09 THANK HEAVEN I 'VE FOUND YOU . $ 05 THANK HEAVEN , YES , BUT FOR HOW LONG ? $ YOU 'RE BOUND TO DO SOMETHING STUPID AGAIN . $ 09 I DON'T CONSCIOUSLY DO STUPID THINGS . $ 05 D' YOU THINK I 'D LOVE YOU IF YOU WEREN'T WHAT YOU ARE ? $ YOU 'LL GO UNDER AGAIN WHEN I 'M SIX MONTHS GONE . $ AND I 'LL BE HAWKING YOUR CHILD AROUND , BEGGING FOR ALMS . $ 09 WHAT 'S HE LIKE ? $ 05 WHO ? $ 09 OUR SON . $ 05 HOW D' YOU KNOW IT 'S A SON ? $ 09 STANDS TO REASON . $ IT 'S ME THAT NEEDS REPLACING , NOT YOU . $ 05 HE 'S FINE . $ SOMETIMES HE 'S THIN AND UNDERNOURISHED , SOMETIMES HE 'S HU GE AND DEMANDING . $ LAST TIME HE INSISTED ON BEING BREAST-FED UNTIL HE WAS TWO Y EARS OLD . $ IT WAS AGONY . $ BUT ALWAYS HE 'S THE SPITTING IMAGE OF YOU - WITH THAT SOFT WELCOMING LOOK - AND I 'M BEGINNING TO THINK I 'M A FOOL TO GO THROUGH THESE ENDLESS LABOUR PAINS JUST IN ORDER TO BRING FORTH ANOTHER ONE - A LAD WHO WILL ONE DAY GO INTO HIS FATH ER'S BUSINESS - THAT OF BEING AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER . $ 09 < ( TRYING TO BE BRIGHT ) > $ OH , COME ON , I 'M NOT READY TO RETIRE YET . $ 05 THAT 'S THE TROUBLE . $ 09 < ( SIGHS ) > $ I RECKON SOMEONE 'S GOT TO DO IT , ONCE IT 'S BECOME AN ESTA BLISHED PRACTICE . $ #59 $ LIKE SOMEONE 'S GOT TO BE THE HANGMAN . $ IT 'S UNPLEASANT , BUT SOMEONE 'S GOT TO DO IT WHILE THERE ' S HANGING . $ 05 < ( VERY WISTFUL ) > $ THE HANGMAN COMES HOME FOR SUPPER . $ < ( SHE SEES HIS DEJECTED LOOK AT THE IRREFUTABILITY OF HER ARGUMENT , AND IS MOVED . ) > $ OH , COME WITH ME TO MY ROOM ... I NEED YOU IN MY ARMS , YOU FOOL ! $ 09 WHEN ? $ 05 NOW ! $ 09 BUT I 'M ON DUTY . $ 05 SO AM I . $ < A SONG BEGINS TO SWELL IN VOLUME AS MEN AND FLAGS AND LANT ERNS BEGIN TO APPEAR . > $ 15 < ( SINGING ) > $ LIFT UP YOUR EYES , AND FACE THE LIGHT , YOU MEN ACCUSTOMED TO THE NIGHT . $ THE SCARLET BANNER OF REVOLT HAS BURST THROUGH THE CLOUDBANK S OF DESPAIR . $ < AS THE MENACE INCREASES , THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE SEEK COMFORT FROM ONE ANOTHER . > $ 05 I HATE IT WHEN MEN SING TOGETHER . $ IT 'S ALWAYS A SIGN OF GOING AWAY . $ 09 I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE MUSIC - OR THE WORDS . $ 15 < ( SINGING ) > $ LIFT UP YOUR EYES , PREPARE TO FIGHT . $ FREEDOM'S TORCH IS BURNING BRIGHT . $ SNUFF OUT THE LIVES OF THE ACCURS'D , HOLD THEIR HEADS UP BY THE HAIR ! $ < THE MEN BURST IN . > $ 08 < ( A NEW PERSONALITY ) > $ WHERE 'S YOUR REVOLUTIONARY CAP , CITIZEN ? $ 09 < ( LAUGHING ) > $ WHY DON'T YOU CALL ME BY MY NAME THEN ? $ 10 OUR NAMES KEEP US APART IN THE SHADOW OF RELIGION AND SUP ERSTITION . $ THE NAME OF CITIZEN UNITES US IN SECULAR EQUALITY . $ #60 $ 05 < ( NERVOUS ) > $ COME WITH ME . $ WE 'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO . $ 07 WHAT WORK IS MORE PRESSING THAN REVOLUTION , CITIZEN ? $ < ( THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER LAUGHS . ) > $ WHY DO YOU LAUGH ? $ 09 AT YOUR JOKE , FRIEND . $ IT SO HAPPENS MY MOST PRESSING WORK IS TO PRESS HIS MAJESTY' S SHIRTS . $ < THERE IS AN OUTCRY AMONG THE MEN . > $ 04 < ( CALMING THE FURY OF THE MEN ) > $ DO IT THEN , ALBEIT FOR THE LAST TIME . $ REVENGE IS GOOD AND WHOLESOME , BUT TO DEGRADE THE CONDEMNED WOULD BE MERELY SAVAGE . $ LET KINGS DIE IN SPOTLESS LINEN . $ IT IS THE ONLY PERFECTION THEY KNOW . $ 09 < ( ANNOYED ) > $ WHAT 'S ALL THIS TALK ABOUT KINGS DYING ? $ WHAT ARE YOU LADS UP TO ? $ 05 COME AWAY FROM HERE , ENGELBRECHT . $ 09 NO . $ I 'VE GOT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS . $ 04 THE REVOLUTION HAS SWEPT AWAY CENTURIES OF TRADITION IN T HE BLINKING OF AN EYE , IN THE CHANGING OF A THOUGHT , IN TH E TWINGE OF A NERVE . $ WE TOOK EVEN OURSELVES BY SURPRISE . $ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY , THE PEOPLE HAVE SEIZED THE P OWER NATURE INTENDED AS THEIR BIRTHRIGHT ! $ NOW BEFORE WE BUILD THE NEW LIFE ON THE ERODED SOIL OF SOCIE TY , WE MUST DISPOSE OF THE GARBAGE FROM THE BANQUET OF KING S AND EMPERORS WHICH HAS COME TO AN END AT LAST ! $ < THE MEN CHEER AND HARANGUE HIM . > $ 09 IT 'S ALL WRONG , YOU KNOW , TO DO ALL THIS WITHOUT ASKIN G ! $ 04 < ( POWERFUL , STAYING THE FURY OF THE MEN ) > $ TAKE HIM AWAY , WOMAN , AND LET HIM INTO YOUR SECRETS . $ HE IS SO OVERWROUGHT THAT , IF YOU DO NOT TURN HIS PASSION I N YOUR DIRECTION , HE MAY WELL OVERTHROW THE REVOLUTION BY H IMSELF . $ < THE MEN'S ANGER IS CANALIZED INTO LAUGHTER . > $ 05 < ( PULLING AT THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ) > $ COME ON . $ COME AWAY . $ 07 < ( WHO IS NOT SO EASILY SIDETRACKED ) > $ I DEMAND HIS HEAD ! $ 04 < ( PATIENT ) > $ YOU WILL HAVE IT , CITIZEN , I HAVE NO DOUBT . $ BUT IN TIME . $ LET US CONCENTRATE ON HEADS WITH BRAINS IN THEM . $ WHERE IS THE CAPTIVE ? $ < ( THE INVENTOR COMES ON IN CHAINS . ) > $ AH . $ THE CITIZENS ARRESTED YOU IN YOUR WORKSHOP , I UNDERSTAND . $ YOU WERE BUILDING A CANNON FOR THE KING AND A NEW TYPE OF BR EECH-LOADING RIFLE FOR THE PRINCE . $ #61 $ YOU WERE SERVING TWO MASTERS . $ 12 < ( SCORNFUL ) > $ HE WHO SERVES ONLY ONE MASTER IS A SLAVE ; HE WHO SERVES TWO IS ALREADY RELATIVELY FREE . $ 04 THERE IS A DEGREE OF LOGIC IN YOUR CYNICISM . $ 12 ON THE CONTRARY , THERE IS A DEGREE OF CYNICISM IN MY LOG IC . $ I HAVE CHAINS ON MY WRISTS . $ WHY ? $ THE MEN WHO JUDGE ME UNTIL YESTERDAY FIRED THE RIFLES I DESI GNED , WHICHEVER SIDE THEY WERE ON . $ THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN MORALITY BETWEEN US , ONLY A DIFFE RENCE IN SALARY . $ 04 < ( POWERFUL ) > $ YOU CANNOT BLAME A WORKING-MAN FOR WISHING TO EAT . $ 12 < ( POWERFUL ) > $ AND YOU CANNOT BLAME AN INTELLECTUAL FOR WISHING TO EAT MORE THAN THE WORKING-MAN ! $ 08 < ( FURIOUS ) > $ I DEMAND HIS HEAD ! $ 04 WHAT ARE YOUR TERMS FOR WORKING FOR US ? $ 08 < ( IN THE OUTCRY ) > $ HE SHOULD DIE , AND NOW YOU 'RE FREEING HIM ? $ 04 TO KILL HIM WILL SERVE NO PURPOSE EXCEPT TO PUT AN END TO YEARS OF RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE WHICH WE CAN USE . $ I ASK YOU , CITIZENS , TO CLOSE YOUR MINDS TO THE UGLY THOUG HTS THIS CREATURE EXPRESSES . $ 12 < ( RELEASED ) > $ MY TERMS ARE TO FREE ME OF MY SHACKLES . $ I DON'T EVEN INSIST THAT YOU PUT THEM ON YOURSELVES . $ NOW TELL ME I AM INCAPABLE OF GENEROSITY ! $ 04 KINDLY STICK TO TECHNICALITIES AT ALL TIMES . $ FREE THIS CITIZEN ! $ 07 < ( OBEYING ) > $ I THINK IT 'S REVOLTING . $ 04 REST ASSURED , CITIZEN , I AGREE WITH YOU . $ 08 THEN WHY ... $ 04 < ( VIOLENT ) > $ BECAUSE THERE ARE A HUNDRED OTHER KINGS LEFT . $ WE HAVE ONLY SET ONE FOOT IN THE DOOR OF THE VAST BALLROOM O F STATE . $ SHALL WE RUB OUR HANDS IN SELF-CONGRATULATION AND TALK OF WO RLD REVOLUTION WHEN ALL BUT THE FIRST SMALL GESTURE REMAINS YET TO BE MADE ? $ WHERE WE HAD ONE ENEMY BEFORE , WE NOW HAVE COUNTLESS ENEMIE S . $ AND HE WILL WIN WHO WALKS FORWARD WITH THE PURITY OF HIS IDE ALS IN ONE HAND AND SCIENCE IN THE OTHER ! $ 12 ADMIRABLY EXPRESSED , IF I MAY SAY SO . $ #62 $ 04 WHAT HAVE YOU FOR US ? $ 12 AN IDEA I HAVE CHERISHED FOR SOME YEARS , AND HELD BACK A GAINST THE RAINY DAY , AS IT WERE . $ IT CAME BACK TO ME OWING TO THE CROWDED CONDITION OF MY CELL . $ THIS ... $ < ( HE SPREADS OUT HIS PLAN ) > $ ... DEVICE IS A SEMI-AUTOMATIC DECAPITATOR WHICH IS ABLE TO SEVER FIVE HEADS EVERY EIGHT MINUTES DURING A NORMAL WORKING DAY . $ THIS REPRESENTS A FIGURE OF THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY VICTIMS IN A WORKING DAY OR TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY A WE EK . $ I DON'T KNOW IF IT 'S YOUR INTENTION TO WORK ON SUNDAYS . $ 04 THERE WILL BE A DAY OF REST - ON ANY DAY BUT SUNDAY . $ HAVE YOU MADE PROVISION FOR THE TRIALS IN YOUR ASSESSMENT ? $ 12 < ( A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED ) > $ OH , THERE ARE TO BE TRIALS ? $ I SEE .. $ < ( INGRATIATING AND APOLOGETIC . ) > $ NATURALLY , I COULDN'T TAKE TRIALS INTO MY CALCULATIONS , WH ICH ARE OF A NECESSARILY ABSTRACT AND TECHNICAL NATURE . $ 04 < ( PUZZLED ) > $ THIS INVENTION OF YOURS REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING . $ 12 < ( HASTY ) > $ OH , I KNOW IT BEARS A SUPERFICIAL RESEMBLANCE TO A FRENCH C ONTRAPTION , BUT THEIRS DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH . $ IT ONLY DISLODGES ONE HEAD AT A TIME . $ OWING TO THE EXTREME RIGIDITY OF MY FRAME AND THE LENGTH OF MY BLADE . $ I CAN DISLODGE FIVE AT A TIME . $ THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO HUMANE EXTERMINATORS . $ < ( SUDDENLY MOURNFUL . ) > $ YET , LIFE IS NEVER WITHOUT ITS IRONIES . $ THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE REVOLUTION BROKE OUT IN FRANCE AND NOT HERE MEANS THAT MY DEVICE WILL GO INTO THE HISTORY BOOKS AS A GUILLOTINE AND NOT AS A SCHWALBENBRECHER . $ 04 I UNDERSTAND YOUR DECEPTION , CITIZEN . $ 12 IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE UNDERSTOOD ... $ < ( RISKING IT ) > $ CITIZEN ? $ 04 TAKE YOUR PLACES AT THE BENCH . $ THE REPUBLICAN COURT IS NOW IN SESSION . $ 12 < ( SOTTO VOCE ) > $ YOU MEAN , I WAS NOT ON TRIAL ? $ THEN , WITH YOUR PERMISSION , I WILL GO TO MY WORKSHOP TO PR EPARE ! $ 04 < ( THE WIFE ENTERS . $ SHE IS PREGNANT ) > $ ARE YOU ON TRIAL , CITIZEN ? $ IF SO , TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE DOCK . $ 05 < ( ANXIOUS ) > $ I 'M NOT ON TRIAL , BUT I HEARD A RUMOUR MY MAN WAS . $ 04 RUMOURS THESE DAYS ARE USUALLY CORRECT . $ YOU MAY BE SEATED IF YOU WISH TO SEE JUSTICE DISPENSED . $ #63 $ 05 BUT ... DON'T YOU REMEMBER ME ? $ 04 < ( COLD ) > $ YES , I REMEMBER YOU . $ 05 MY MAN SAVED YOUR LIFE ! $ 04 YOU EXPECT ME TO SAVE HIS ? $ I AM NOT A MAN ANY LONGER , BUT AN INSTRUMENT OF THE PEOPLE' S JUSTICE . $ TAKE A SEAT IF YOU WISH . $ ENTER THE DOCK , ARCHBISHOP . $ < THE ARCHBISHOP IS LED ON . > $ 10 ON A POINT OF ORDER ! $ IS IT NOT CITIZEN ARCHBISHOP ? $ 04 HE WILL BE CITIZEN ARCHBISHOP IF ACQUITTED . $ IF NOT , HE WILL REMAIN PLAIN ARCHBISHOP , AND AN ENEMY OF T HE PEOPLE . $ 06 IT IS STRANGE THAT TODAY A FRIEND OF GOD SHOULD BY DEFINI TION BE AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE . $ 04 GOD DOES NOT EXIST . $ 06 SINCE WHEN ? $ 04 SINCE YESTERDAY AT THE TENTH HOUR , WHEN DECREE 914 OF TH E REPUBLICAN CODE WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY . $ 06 I SEE . $ WELL , IT 'S JUST AS WELL TO KNOW THIS . $ 08 REASON IS THE ONLY GOD . $ 06 SO THERE IS A GOD AFTER ALL , IF IT IS REASON . $ STRANGE STILL THAT IF REASON BE GOD , THAT A MAN OF REASON S HOULD BE AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE . $ 04 < ( TO 71696 , IRRITATED ) > $ CITIZEN , AWAIT YOUR TURN TO SPEAK . $ YOU HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN ARGUMENT . $ 08 < ( DOGGED ) > $ CITIZEN , I KNOW MY RIGHTS . $ 06 < ( ASIDE ) > $ TO KNOW ONE'S RIGHTS IS ONE THING . $ TO EXERCISE THEM , QUITE ANOTHER . $ I FEAR OUR FRIEND IS NOT LONG FOR THIS COMMITTEE , OR FOR TH IS WORLD . $ 04 ARE YOU AN ARCHBISHOP ? $ 06 I AM . $ 04 DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD ? $ 06 I DO . $ < ( A BUZZ OF EXCITEMENT AMONG THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS . ) > $ IS IT SO SURPRISING TO FIND AN ARCHBISHOP WHO BELIEVES IN GO D ? $ 04 ARE YOU WILLING , FROM THIS DAY ON , TO ACCEPT REASON AS YOUR GOD ? $ 06 CERTAINLY . $ I SEE NOTHING INCOMPATIBLE BETWEEN GOD AND REASON . $ #64 $ GOD HAS NEVER REQUIRED ME TO DO OTHER THAN TO BEHAVE REASONA BLY . $ 04 ARE YOU PREPARED TO DESECRATE YOUR ALTARS , TO STRIP YOUR ABBEY OF ALL RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS ? $ 06 IN THAT MOST RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS ARE INFERIOR ART , I WILL NOT WEEP TO SEE THEM GO . $ IF YOU REALLY FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE OVERNIGHT ATTAINED S UCH A DEGREE OF MENTAL SOPHISTICATION THAT WE CAN DISPENSE W ITH ALL CHRISTIAN SYMBOLISM , I AM QUITE WILLING TO ATTEMPT THE EXPERIMENT . $ 10 WHY DO YOU GIVE IN TO OUR IDEAS SO EASILY ? $ ARE YOU AFRAID OF DEATH ? $ 06 < ( SMILING ) > $ OF COURSE I AM AFRAID OF DEATH . $ I AM ONLY A MAN , AFTER ALL - AND THAT 'S WHY I 'M GRATIFIED THAT I HAVE NOT HAD TO GIVE IN , AS YOU SAY , TO A SINGLE O NE OF YOUR IDEAS . $ I HAVE NOT EVEN COMPROMISED . $ YOU HAVE NOT REQUIRED ME TO . $ IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF YOU HAD ASKED ME TO BELIEVE IN NOTHING . $ YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO , PRECISELY BECAUSE YOU KNOW FULL WELL THAT YOU CANNOT ASK THE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IN NOTHING . $ THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW YOU IF YOU DO . $ YOU MUST CAUTIOUSLY TRANSFER THEIR BELIEF FROM ONE DEITY TO ANOTHER , AND IF I ARRIVE AT THE CONCLUSION THAT THE TWO DEI TIES ARE , IN FACT , THE SAME ONE , I SEE NO REASON TO QUARR EL WITH YOU . $ YOU MAY THINK YOU ARE DESECRATING ; ALL YOU ARE REALLY DOING IS REDECORATING . $ 10 ARE YOU ACCUSING US OF BEING CHRISTIANS THEN ? $ 06 I WOULD NOT DREAM OF BEING SO IMPOLITE , CITIZEN . $ I AM MERELY SAYING THAT WE ARE , ALL OF US , REASONABLE . $ 04 < ( SMILING IN SPITE OF HIMSELF ) > $ THANK YOU , CITIZEN . $ I MOVE FOR HIS IMMEDIATE ACQUITTAL . $ ALL CITIZENS IN FAVOUR KINDLY SIGNIFY YOUR APPROVAL IN THE U SUAL MANNER . $ 08 I ASK FOR DEATH . $ 10 I SECOND THAT . $ 02 NO OPINION . $ 07 NO OPINION . $ 04 YOU ARE ACQUITTED . $ 06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH . $ 08 I PROTEST ! $ #65 $ 04 AS CHAIRMAN , I HAVE THE CASTING VOTE UNDER CLAUSE 8 , SU BSECTION 24 A . $ 10 YOU HAVE NO RIGHT ... $ 04 THERE IS NO TIME FOR TECHNICALITIES , WE HAVE WORK TO DO , CITIZEN ! $ < ( HE RAPS HIS GAVEL . ) > $ NEXT PRISONER . $ < ( THE ARCHBISHOP SITS BESIDE THE WIFE , WHO MOVES AWAY SLI GHTLY . $ THE ENEMY LEADER ENTERS . $ HE IS BOUND . ) > $ WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION ? $ 11 KING . $ 04 DO YOU REPENT ? $ 11 WHAT FOR , YOU SCUM ? $ FOR BEING WHAT I WAS BORN ? $ 10 < ( RISING , FURIOUS ) > $ WHAT 'S THAT HE CALLED US ? $ 11 MY TIME IS VALUABLE . $ DON'T WASTE IT . $ WHERE DO I GO TO DIE ? $ 04 YOU WILL BE TOLD SOON ENOUGH . $ HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY ? $ 11 A GREAT DEAL , BUT NOT TO YOU . $ NOW KINDLY TAKE MY HEAD OFF . $ THERE ARE LADIES WAITING . $ 04 DO YOU REQUIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ACCORDING TO YOUR BE LIEFS ? $ 11 AS A KING , I CAN OFFER IT MYSELF . $ 04 ARE WE UNANIMOUS ? $ < ( NOBODY DARES TO STIR . ) > $ DEATH . $ STAND ASIDE THERE . $ 11 THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURTEOUS BREVITY . $ 04 NEXT PRISONER . $ < ( AS THE ENEMY LEADER STEPS ASIDE , THE GENERAL , NOW THE PRINCE , ENTERS THE DOCK . ) > $ WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION ? $ 03 YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL . $ 04 DO YOU REPENT ? $ 03 WHY ? $ YOU THINK IT EASY TO RULE ? $ < ( HE LAUGHS . ) > $ GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL - AND I THANK YOU , GENTLEMEN , FOR TAK ING A WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS - GET IT ? $ A WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS ? $ < HE AND THE ENEMY LEADER LAUGH HEARTILY . > $ 11 DAMN GOOD . $ I MUST REMEMBER THAT . $ WEIGHT OFF MY SHOULDERS . $ < THE GENERAL STEPS DOWN . > $ 04 WE HAVE NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET ! $ 03 I HAVE FINISHED WITH YOU , HOWEVER . $ 10 < ( HYSTERICAL ) > $ DEATH ! $ DEATH ! $ I WON'T BE LAUGHED AT LIKE THAT ! $ < THIS PROVOKES RENEWED LAUGHTER FROM THE MONARCHS . > $ #66 $ 11 HOW DID WE EVER FIGHT DECENT WARS WITH SUCH ANIMALS ? $ 04 < ( RAPPING HIS GAVEL RHYTHMICALLY ) > $ KINDLY RE-ENTER THE DOCK ! $ 03 I REFUSE . $ YOU ARE DETERMINED TO KILL US . $ THEREFORE YOU CAN NO LONGER THREATEN US . $ PLEASE HURRY UP . $ THERE ARE ALREADY FOUR THOUSAND SOULS IN A PRISON I BUILT TO CONTAIN SIXTY . $ CONDITIONS THERE ARE INTOLERABLE . $ NO DOUBT IT IS DUE TO YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE INEXPERIENCE , BUT YOU SIMPLY MUST EXECUTE AT THE RATE YOU ARREST , OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE OUTBREAKS OF THE PLAGUE , AND AS PRINCE , THAT IS THE LAST BLIGHT I WISH ON MY SUBJECTS . $ 04 < ( BETRAYING A LITTLE IRRITATION ) > $ WE ARE QUITE AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS . $ DO YOU DESIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ? $ 03 < ( GAY ) > $ FROM THE ARCHBISHOP ? $ MY WIFE MAY ACCEPT . $ 04 DEATH . $ NEXT PRISONER . $ < ( THE WOMAN ENTERS THE DOCK . $ THE WIFE GASPS . ) > $ PROFESSION ? $ 13 NONE . $ 04 DO YOU REPENT ? $ 13 REPENT ? $ WHAT FOR ? $ I HAVE HAD AN ENVIABLE LIFE . $ THE ONLY FEAR WHICH FOREVER HAUNTED ME WAS THAT OF OLD AGE . $ NOW , THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY , THIS FEAR IS REMOVED FROM ME , FOR WHICH I HUMBLY THANK YOU . $ 05 < ( IN TEARS ) > $ OH , YOUR HIGHNESS ! $ 13 I WILL NOT NEED THAT ARMY OF FACE CREAMS , ERNESTINE . $ I BEQUEATH THEM TO YOU . $ 04 HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY ? $ 13 I AM A WOMAN , GENTLEMEN . $ I HAVE ALREADY TALKED EXCESSIVELY ALL MY LIFE . $ 04 DO YOU REQUIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ? $ 13 I AM NOT CERTAIN , GENTLEMEN , THAT THE CONSOLATION I WOU LD DERIVE FROM HIS LORDSHIP THE ARCHBISHOP WOULD BE OF A PUR ELY SPIRITUAL NATURE , AND SO , IN THE INTEREST OF MY SOUL , WHICH WILL PRESENTLY BE UNDER MORE AUGUST SCRUTINY , I HAD BEST ABSTAIN HERE ON EARTH . $ < THE GENERAL AND THE ENEMY LEADER APPLAUD HER STATEMENT . > $ 03 EXCELLENT SPEECH . $ 11 ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS . $ #67 $ 04 DEATH . $ NEXT PRISONER . $ < ( THE SERGEANT TAKES THE WOMAN'S PLACE . $ A MURMUR OF HOSTILITY . ) > $ PROFESSION ? $ 01 SERGEANT , AS YOU KNOW FULL WELL . $ 04 DO YOU REPENT ? $ 01 REPENT ? $ HAVE YOU LOST YOUR REASON , LADS , OR SOMETHING ? $ I ONLY DID MY DUTY . $ 10 YOU STRUCK ME ACROSS THE FACE WITH THE BUTT OF A BLUNDERB USS 'COS YOU SAID I WASN'T PEELIN' POTATOES FINE ENOUGH ! $ 01 I TOLD YOU TO PEEL THE SHIFTIN' SPUDS , NOT CUT THEM IN H ALF ! $ I WILL NOT HAVE WASTE ! $ 10 FOUR TEETH LOST - AND TEETH IS HARDER TO COME BY THAN POT ATOES ! $ 07 YOU KEPT THE WATER FROM US IN THE DESERT ! $ 08 YOU STOLE OUR FOOD FROM US IN GREECE ! $ 04 < ( RAPPING HIS GAVEL IN ORDER TO CUT SHORT THE FUGUE ) > $ ORDER ! $ ORDER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY COURT ! $ 10 DEATH ! $ 07 DEATH ! $ 08 DEATH ! $ 02 OH , I DON'T KNOW ... IT SEEMS TOO LATE TO KILL HIM NOW . .. I 'VE THOUGHT OF IT SO OFTEN , BUT NOW - I MEAN , IT 'D B E LIKE KILLING A CHICKEN YOU 'VE BEGUN TO CALL BY NAME , ISN 'T IT ? $ 04 HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY ? $ 01 < ( IN A WEAK VOICE ) > $ YES . $ YES , I GOT A LOT TO SAY . $ 04 MAKE IT BRIEF . $ 01 WHAT 'S COME OVER YOU ALL ? $ I WAS LIKE A FATHER AND A MOTHER TO YOU ALL ... WHEN I KNOCK ED OUT YOUR TEETH ... WHO PICKED THEM UP ? $ 10 YOU DID , TO THROW THEM AWAY . $ 01 THEY WAS NO GOOD TO YOU ANY MORE , WAS THEY ? $ 07 I 'M GOING TO VOMIT IF HE GOES ON . $ 04 HAVE YOU FINISHED ? $ 01 I HAVEN'T HARDLY BEGUN . $ 04 DO YOU REQUIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ? $ 01 AND ANOTHER THING ... $ 03 SERGEANT . $ 01 < ( STIFFENING ) > $ SAH ! $ #68 $ 03 ANSWER THE QUESTION . $ 01 I DIDN'T HEAR NO QUESTION , SAH ! $ 03 DO YOU REQUIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ? $ 01 I DON'T WANT TO DIE , SAH , WITH YOUR PERMISSION . $ 03 YOU ARE TO DIE , SERGEANT . $ THAT 'S AN ORDER . $ 01 SAH ! $ 03 WHY ARE YOU TREMBLING , MAN ? $ 01 IT 'S NEVER 'APPENED TO ME BEFORE , SIR . $ 04 DEATH . $ STAND DOWN . $ NEXT PRISONER . $ < THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ENTERS THE DOCK . > $ 05 < ( EMOTIONAL ) > $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE ? $ 09 < ( SMILING ) > $ I DON'T KNOW . $ ASK THE LADS . $ 04 PROFESSION ? $ 09 SOLDIER . $ 05 < ( VIOLENT ) > $ WHAT 'S COME OVER YOU ALL ? $ YOU KNOW HIM AS WELL AS I DO - BETTER ! $ PROFESSION : UNKNOWN SOLDIER . $ WHY ALL THE STUPID QUESTIONS ? $ WHAT KIND OF A REVOLUTION IS THIS ? $ 04 < ( RAPPING HIS GAVEL ) > $ THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURT WILL BE RESPECTED . $ 09 < ( TAPPING HIS STOMACH ) > $ YOU 'RE NOT ... AGAIN ? $ 05 OF COURSE I AM . $ I ALWAYS AM . $ 09 < ( INCREDULOUS ) > $ THAT 'S QUICK . $ 04 < ( INSISTENT ) > $ DO YOU REPENT ? $ 09 WHAT FOR ? $ 04 I TAKE IT THAT IS AN ANSWER . $ HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY ? $ 09 WHAT ABOUT ? $ 06 MAY I INTERCEDE FOR HIM , CITIZEN ? $ 04 CAN HE NOT SPEAK FOR HIMSELF , CITIZEN ? $ 06 I THINK NO , CITIZEN . $ 10 I OBJECT ! $ 04 ON WHAT AUTHORITY DO YOU WISH TO INTERCEDE ON HIS BEHALF ? $ 06 ON THE AUTHORITY OF REASON , CITIZEN . $ 04 < ( LAYING DOWN HIS QUILL ) > $ VERY WELL . $ 06 FOR WHAT CRIME IS THIS MAN ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE PEOPLE'S COURT ? $ 04 THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION . $ WITHOUT SUCH MEN AS THIS , KINGS WOULD BE IMPOTENT , TYRANTS WOULD BE POWERLESS , THE REVOLUTION WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE LONG AGO . $ #69 $ TODAY , IN THIS HOUR OF TRIUMPH , WHEN ALL MEN HAVE RUSHED F OR THEIR ARMBANDS AND THEIR PHRYGIAN BONNETS , HE IS STILL D RESSED AS A SOLDIER OF THE KING . $ WHEN ARRESTED , HE WAS PRESSING THE KING'S SHIRT ! $ < A MURMUR OF ANGER FROM THE COURT . > $ 06 YOU YOURSELF HAVE NOT PUT A PHRYGIAN BONNET ON YOUR HEAD , NOR ARE YOU WEARING AN ARMBAND . $ ARE WE TO ASSUME FROM THAT THAT YOU ARE LESS ENTHUSIASTIC A REVOLUTIONARY THAN YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL ? $ 04 I AM ITS CHAIRMAN . $ 06 WERE YOU ALWAYS A REVOLUTIONARY ? $ WERE YOU BORN ONE ? $ 04 WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? $ 06 WASN'T THERE A MOMENT AT WHICH YOU SAW THE LIGHT ? $ 04 YES , AS A STUDENT . $ 06 WELL NOW , IF THIS MAN WERE TO CHOOSE THIS MOMENT TO SEE THE LIGHT ? $ IF HE WERE TO DENOUNCE THE KING , FOR INSTANCE . $ WOULDN'T THAT ENSURE HIS ACQUITTAL ? $ 04 < ( SMILING SADLY ) > $ OF COURSE . $ BUT YOU KNOW HIM AS WELL AS I DO . $ YOU KNOW VERY WELL HE WON'T . $ 06 < ( TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ) > $ YOUNG MAN , YOU REMEMBER ME . $ 09 < ( SMILING ) > $ OH YES , YOUR LORDSHIP , FATHER BENEDICT , THE PURITAN ... $ 06 < ( HASTILY ) > $ YES , YES , ALL THAT . $ NOW , I ORDER YOU , AS YOUR FATHER IN GOD , TO DENOUNCE THE KING . $ DON'T ASK WHY . $ JUST DO AS I TELL YOU . $ REPEAT AFTER ME : I DENOUNCE THE KING . $ 09 WHAT FOR ? $ 06 YOU ARE ENTIRELY INNOCENT . $ YOU KNOW IT . $ I KNOW IT . $ EVERY CITIZEN ON THE REVOLUTIONARY TRIBUNAL KNOWS IT . $ WE JUST CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE YOU MISUNDERSTOOD ONCE AGAIN ! $ 02 GO ON , DENOUNCE THE KING ! $ 07 < ( EDGY ) > $ DENOUNCE HIM , DAMN YOU ! $ 09 I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT . $ WHY ARE ALL THE LADS SITTING UP THERE WITH THOSE HATS ON ? $ IS IT A NEW UNIFORM , OR SOMETHING ? $ WILL WE ALL BE GETTING THEM ? $ #70 $ 05 < ( WRITHING ) > $ OH , I CAN SEE IT COMING AGAIN ... $ FOR MY SAKE ... FOR OUR CHILD'S SAKE ... DENOUNCE THE KING ! $ 09 < ( AFFECTIONATE ) > $ DON'T BE SILLY , MY SWEETHEART . $ YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS MAJESTY . $ HOW CAN I DENOUNCE HIM FOR YOUR SAKE ? $ 10 < ( BURSTING OUT ) > $ I CAN'T STAND IT NO MORE . $ HE 'S ALWAYS THROWING HIMSELF IN FRONT OF SWORDS . $ MAYBE THAT 'S WHAT HE WANTS . $ LET 'S GIVE IT HIM THEN . $ DEATH ! $ DEATH ! $ DEATH ! $ 08 HE BRINGS BAD LUCK , THAT 'S WHAT I SAY . $ SOMETHING ALWAYS GOES WRONG WHEN HE TURNS UP - SOMETHING YOU CAN'T FORGET AFTERWARDS . $ DEATH ! $ 11 < ( IMPATIENT ) > $ COME ALONG , MAN , DENOUNCE ME ! $ WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE NOW ? $ 09 I COULDN'T DO THAT , YOUR MAJESTY , NOT AFTER THE GREAT K INDNESS YOU 'VE SHOWN ME . $ IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT . $ 06 THE KING HAS ORDERED YOU TO DENOUNCE HIM ! $ 09 HE 'S NO LONGER THE KING THOUGH , IS HE ? $ THEY TOOK HIM OFF THE THRONE , IF I UNDERSTOOD IT RIGHT . $ I MEAN , IT WASN'T AS A KING HE SHOWED ME GREAT KINDNESS , B UT A MAN . $ IT 'S AS A MAN I OWE HIM A LOT . $ 04 < ( QUIET ) > $ DO YOU REQUIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ? $ 09 IF IT 'LL HELP THE ARCHBISHOP HERE , I 'LL TAKE ANYTHING HE HAS TO OFFER . $ 06 < ( FALTERING ) > $ WHAT DID YOU SAY ? $ 05 I WANT TO DIE IN HIS PLACE . $ 04 YOU ARE NOT ON TRIAL . $ 05 I WANT HIM TO KNOW WHAT IT 'S LIKE TO SURVIVE ! $ I WANT HIM TO DO THE MOURNING FOR A CHANGE ! $ 04 SIT DOWN OR LEAVE THE COURT . $ 05 DAMN THE REVOLUTION ! $ LONG LIVE THE KING ! $ THERE , ARREST ME ! $ 04 < ( GLACIAL ) > $ YOU ARE PREGNANT . $ THE DEATH SENTENCE MAY NOT BE CARRIED OUT ON A PREGNANT WOMA N , SINCE YOU ARE CARRYING A POTENTIAL REVOLUTIONARY IN YOUR WOMB . $ ARTICLE 73 , SUBSECTION 18 . $ YOU CAN SHOUT TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT , CITIZEN . $ AS FOR YOUR HUSBAND , HE HAS BEEN GIVEN EVERY CHANCE TO SAVE HIMSELF . $ EITHER THROUGH AN INABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THE REVOLUTION OR A REFUSAL TO DO SO , HE HAS REFUSED TO AVAIL HIMSELF OF THE OPPORTUNITY . $ #71 $ THIS LEAVES THE REVOLUTIONARY COURT NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO CO NDEMN HIM TO DEATH . $ THERE ARE NOW SUFFICIENT CRIMINALS FOR THE SENTENCES TO BE C ARRIED OUT . $ YOU WILL BE BURIED IN A COMMUNAL GRAVE WITH NO TRACE OF YOUR IDENTITIES . $ 05 < ( FURIOUS ) > $ THIS TIME HE 'S DYING BEFORE WITNESSES . $ 04 ORDER ! $ ORDER ! $ 05 DON'T INTTERRUPT ME , DAMN YOU ! $ YOU KNOW HE 'S MY HUSBAND AND THAT I 'M HIS WIFE . $ EVEN IF HE 'S TO BE UNKNOWN AS USUAL - DO I GET MY PENSION ? $ 04 CITIZEN , HOW CAN YOU SPEAK OF MONEY AT SUCH A TIME ? $ 05 I 'VE SHOCKED YOU ! $ DEATH OF THIS USELESS SORT HAS BECOME A HABIT IN OUR FAMILY , AND ANYTHING THAT BECOMES A HABIT IS SHOCKING TO THOSE WHO FACE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME . $ I WANT TO KNOW - AND I WANT MY MAN TO KNOW - DO I GET MY PEN SION THIS TIME AS A SOLDIER'S WIDOW ? $ 04 < ( TAKING REFUGE IN AN UNNATURAL CALM ) > $ THERE ARE NO PENSIONS FOR THE DEPENDANTS OF CRIMINALS . $ YOU WILL RECEIVE THE PITTANCE DUE TO EXPECTANT WOMEN , ARTIC LE 77 , AND AFTERWARDS FREE MILK . $ 05 < ( SCREAMING ) > $ FREE MILK ! $ THE ONE THING I CAN PRODUCE MYSELF , I GET FREE ! $ WHAT 'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL YOUR GOVERNMENTS ? $ 04 ORDER ! $ 05 FRATERNITY ? $ IF MY BROTHER BANGED A HAMMER ALL THE TIME I WAS TALKING TO HIM , I 'D SLAP HIS FACE FOR HIM , I WOULD . $ 04 TAKE HER AWAY ! $ 05 TAKE HER AWAY ! $ SO MUCH FOR LIBERTY ! $ 13 ERNESTINE ! $ 05 < ( SUDDENLY SOBER ) > $ YES , MA'AM . $ 13 THINK OF YOUR CHILD . $ YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING . $ GO AWAY . $ LET US DIE IN PEACE . $ < FOR A LONG WHILE , THE WIFE AND THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER LOOK A T ONE ANOTHER A SILENCE RESPECTED BY THE COURT . $ THEN SHE GOES QUICKLY . > $ 04 TAKE THEM AWAY . $ 12 < ( LIKE A MAITRE D'HOTEL ) > $ THIS WAY PLEASE . $ NOW , IF YOU WILL LIE DOWN HERE , WITH YOUR FACE DOWNWARD - IN ANY ORDER . $ #72 $ < THEY GO OFF , SALUTING THE PUBLIC WITH BRAVADO . $ THE INVENTOR REMAINS ON THE STAGE , LOOKING OFF . > $ 11 I REFUSE TO LIE WITH MY FACE DOWNWARD . $ WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR , A SLAVE ? $ 12 ALL MY CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON A DOWNWARD POSITION . $ 11 WHAT ARE YOU DOING , MAN , FACE DOWNWARD ? $ 09 WELL , I 'M NOT A KING , SIR . $ I 'M JUST AN ORDINARY MAN . $ 11 TURN OVER AT ONCE . $ THAT 'S AN ORDER ! $ 09 YES , SIR . $ 01 < ( SUDDENLY HYSTERICAL ) > $ I 'VE GOT A NEW IDEA FOR MY DEFENCE ! $ I DENOUNCE THE PRINCE ! $ I DENOUNCE THE KING ! $ < HE IS DROWNED IN DERISIVE VOICES . $ THE ARCHBISHOP WANDERS TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE , DEEPLY TR OUBLED . $ THE REBEL JOINS HIM . > $ 12 READY ? $ A LITTLE TO THE LEFT , MADAM . $ NO , TO YOUR LEFT . $ IT WON'T LAST LONG . $ EINS . $ ZWEI . $ DREI ! $ < ( THE BLADE FALLS . ) > $ IT WORKS ! $ < A CHEER FROM THE MEN . $ THE NEXT SCENE IS PUNCTUATED BY EINS , ZWEI , DREI , THE FOR MAL CHEER , AND THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BLADE . > $ 06 YOU CANNOT DISGUISE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE AS TROUBLED BY EVENTS AS I AM . $ 04 I MAKE NO ATTEMPT TO DISGUISE ANYTHING . $ I BELIEVE IN THE REVOLUTION . $ THAT IS ENOUGH . $ 06 WHEN WILL IT END , THIS MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS ? $ EINS , ZWEI , DREI , DAY AFTER DAY . $ 04 IT IS NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE . $ THE TRIBUNAL HAS A COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY . $ 06 AND DO YOU THINK YOU WILL SURVIVE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY ? $ 04 < ( SLOW , SMILING ) > $ I THINK ... NOT . $ 06 YOU WILL BE CALLED ON TO DIE IN YOUR TURN ? $ 04 NO DOUBT . $ THE PEOPLE TIRE OF THE SAME FACES . $ 06 AND WILL YOU REMAIN AS IMPASSIVE UNDER THE BLADE AS BEFOR E IT ? $ 04 < ( CASUAL ) > $ THERE IS NO LIFE WITHOUT A SENSE OF DEATH . $ MAN LIVES HIS OWN DEATH IN HIS IMAGINATION ALL HIS MATURE LI FE . $ SOMETIMES I DIE WELL - SOMETIMES NOT SO WELL . $ IT WILL DEPEND ON THE WEATHER . $ #73 $ BUT BY THEN - THERE WON'T BE MUCH I REGRET LEAVING BEHIND . $ MY DOG ... THE TASTE OF COFFEE ... THE SMELL OF APPLES ... $ 06 THINGS CREATED BY REASON ? $ 04 YOU REALIZED YOURSELF THAT WE HAVE NO QUARREL WITH GOD . $ WE OPPOSE HIM MERELY BECAUSE HE HAS BECOME THE TOOL FOR AMBI TIOUS MEN . $ IT WAS TIME TO LIBERATE HIM . $ 06 PERHAPS YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ 04 ONLY PERHAPS ? $ 06 DOUBTS ARE THE SPURS OF THOUGHT . $ THE MORE I KNOW WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO THINK , THE LESS I KNO W WHAT I REALLY THINK . $ THERE GOES THAT BLADE AGAIN ! $ I CAN HARDLY STAND IT ANY MORE ! $ 04 AND I HARDLY NOTICED IT . $ 06 DOES THAT CALLOUSNESS SIGNIFY TO YOU THAT YOUR REVOLUTION HAS SUCCEEDED ? $ 04 IT HAS FAILED . $ 06 THEN HOW CAN YOU PRETEND TO SUPPORT IT ? $ 04 AND CAN YOU , AS A CHRISTIAN , MAINTAIN THAT CHRISTIANITY HAS SUCCEEDED ? $ < ( THE ARCHBISHOP IS SILENT . ) > $ IDEAS CANNOT BE JUDGED BY THEIR SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN PRACTI CE . $ THE IDEA OF LIBERTY IS REALLY ONLY CLEAR IN CAPTIVITY . $ EQUALITY IS ONLY UNDERSTANDABLE IN AN AUTOCRACY . $ FRATERNITY HAS A MEANING IN A CIVIL WAR . $ THE POOR PREGNANT WIFE WAS RIGHT , OF COURSE . $ IDEALS DO NOT LEND THEMSELVES TO PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN NO RMAL TIMES . $ THEY ARE VIBRANT ONLY WHEN THEY ARE UNATTAINABLE . $ 06 AND LOVE ? $ 04 < ( WITH A SHRUG ) > $ LOVE MAY BE POSSIBLE IN SECRET , I DON'T KNOW . $ BUT ON THE SCALE OF POLICY , IT IS SANCTIMONY . $ DO YOU LOVE GOD MORE WHILE PREACHING TO A FACELESS MULTITUDE , OR IN THE SILENCE OF YOUR CLOISTER ? $ 06 AND YET THERE ARE GREAT COMMUNAL EXPERIENCES . $ 04 THEY ARE POLITICAL . $ EVEN CHRIST'S MIRACLES WERE POLITICAL . $ WHAT CONVINCED THE MULTITUDE WAS NOT A SENTIMENT OF LOVE , B UT THE FACT THAT THERE WERE SUDDENLY ENOUGH LOAVES AND FISHE S TO GO ROUND . $ 06 BUT CAN WE LIVE AT ALL IF WE FACE SUCH FACTS WITHOUT ILLU SION ? $ DO THEY NOT HARDEN THE HEART ? $ THE BLADE FALLS AGAIN ! $ YOU DON'T EVEN FLINCH . $ #74 $ 04 I DON'T EVEN HEAR IT . $ THE REVOLUTION HAS FAILED , AS IT WAS BOUND TO . $ AND YET I AM MORE OF A REVOLUTIONARY THAN EVER . $ I KNOW OF NO IDEA MORE BEAUTIFUL , MORE SACRED THAN A COMPUL SORY FAITH IN MAN - WHO IS , FOREVER UNDESERVING OF SUCH FAI TH . $ LIKE YOU IN YOUR MEDITATIONS , I KNEW MY CAUSE WAS RIGHT ONL Y WHEN I WAS IN ISOLATION , WAITING FOR THE DAY . $ THAT LONGED-FOR DAY BROUGHT ITS COMPROMISES , THE DREAM IS T AINTED BY THE NEED TO ADMINISTER . $ FROM THE PURE SEED OF A DIVINE IDEA , A POLITICAL FOREST HAS SPROUTED . $ 06 THERE IS NO SOLUTION , THEN . $ 04 YOU CHRISTIANS ARE MORE CYNICAL THAN WE . $ YOUR SOLUTION IS NOT OF THIS WORLD . $ YOU SAFELY RELEGATE IT TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN . $ 06 WHILE YOU AIM AT PARADISE ON EARTH ? $ MAY GOD HELP US ALL ! $ AS THOUGH WE HADN'T LEARNED OUR LESSON WITH THE PURITANS ! $ 04 AH YES , BUT WE ARE THE PURITANS . $ OUR IDEALS ARE IMPOSSIBLE . $ THAT GIVES US OUR SOLEMN SENSE OF FAILURE . $ OURS ARE THE FAULTS NOT OF VICE , BUT OF EXCESSIVE VIRTUE . $ THE BLADE HAS FALLEN AGAIN , AS THOUGH TO PROVE MY POINT , A ND THIS TIME IT WAS YOU THAT DIDN'T HEAR IT . $ 06 I WAS FRANKLY THINKING OF SOMETHING ELSE . $ IT WAS THE MENTION OF THE PURITANS THAT DID IT . $ 04 WHAT ? $ 06 I THOUGHT OF THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE FLESH . $ I HAD NOT ENTERTAINED IT FOR SO LONG , THAT IT BURST UPON ME AS A NEW AND SPARKLING IDEA . $ < ( HE SIGHS . ) > $ IT IS HARD FOR A CHRISTIAN TO SURVIVE IN A GODLESS SOCIETY . $ THE FIRST CASUALTY IN A GODLESS SOCIETY IS ALWAYS THE DEVIL . $ AND WITHOUT THE DEVIL , A CHRISTIAN IS LOST ... $ < 94343 APPEARS BETWEEN THEM . > $ 10 CITIZENS , YOU ARE BOTH UNDER ARREST . $ 04 < ( UNSURPRISED ) > $ ON WHAT GROUNDS , CITIZEN ? $ 10 UNDER SUSPICION OF HAVING COMMUNICATED WITH ONE ANOTHER . $ 04 BY WHAT MEANS ? $ 10 < ( THE MOST TERRIBLE OF ACCUSATIONS ) > $ BY MEANS OF WORDS . $ 06 I MISCALCULATED AGAIN . $ I WAS SURE HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO FALL FROM GRACE . $ 04 REST ASSURED ... HE NOW HOLDS MY JOB ... HE WILL BE THE N EXT . $ 10 NO MORE TALKING ! $ ENTER THE DOCK . $ < ( THE REBEL ENTERS THE DOCK . ) > $ YOUR PROFESSION ? $ #75 $ 04 THE SADDEST PROFESSION IN THE WORLD . $ AGING REVOLUTIONARY . $ 10 DO YOU REPENT ? $ 04 YES . $ I BETRAYED THE REVOLUTION . $ 10 HOW ? $ 04 IT IS FOR YOU TO TELL ME , CITIZEN . $ I HAVE NOT SEEN THE INDICTMENT . $ 10 WE WILL TAKE THAT AS AN ADMISSION . $ 04 IT WAS INTENDED AS ONE . $ 10 DO YOU REQUIRE RELIGIOUS CONSOLATION ? $ 04 NO . $ 10 HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY ? $ 04 < ( AUTOMATIC ) > $ LONG LIVE THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION OF THE PEOPLE ! $ DEATH TO THE TRYRANT ! $ 10 DEATH . $ 07 DEATH . $ 08 DEATH . $ 02 DEATH . $ 10 NEXT . $ WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION ? $ 06 HOW MUST I ANSWER SUCH QUESTIONS ? $ I NO LONGER KNOW . $ I HAVE HEARD THEM SO OFTEN , I NO LONGER UNDERSTAND THEM . $ I AM A MAN . $ 10 I ASKED YOUR PROFESSION , NOT YOUR SEX . $ 06 I AM A MAN . $ IN CONSCIENCE I CAN'T SAY MORE . $ < TWO FIGURES ENTER IN TERRIFYING UNISON , LIKE MONSTROUS SA MURAIS . > $ THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS DRESSED IN THE UNIFORM AND SHAKO OF A N OPERETTA HUSSAR . $ THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WEARS THE SWOLLEN MORTARBOARD AND LIFEL ESS TASSEL OF A BALKAN LANCER . $ THE CLANK OF METAL APPENDAGES ACCOMPANIES THEM . $ THEY BOTH WEAR FEROCIOUS MOUSTACHES . $ THEY COME TO A NOISY HALT . $ THEY ARE THE GENERAL AND THE ENEMY LEADER . > $ 03 11 WE HAVE RETURNED ! $ 10 < ( NERVOUS ) > $ YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS HERE ! $ CLEAR THE COURT ! $ 03 < ( RASPING , AFFECTED . $ HIS SPEECH IS OCCASIONALLY AFFLICTED WITH A DISTRESSING STAM MER ) > $ IS THIS STUPID FARCE STILL GOING ON THEN ? $ AND ARE YOU STILL ALIVE , ARCHBISHOP ? $ BRAVO ! $ ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS WE ARE JUST IN TIME TO RESCUE YOU . $ 06 YES , YES INDEED , YOUR EXCELLENCIES . $ THE NICK OF TIME , I ASSURE YOU . $ WHOM DO I HAVE THE HONOUR OF ADDRESSING ? $ #76 $ 03 WE ARE THE ARCHDUKE BORIS-EMMANUEL THE EIGHTH . $ 06 BOTH OF YOU ? $ 03 WE ARE USING THE ROYAL 'WE ' . $ 11 < ( WHO ALSO HAS HIS SPEECH DEFECT - A GLUT OF SIBILANTS , WITH ITS ATTENDANT SPLASHES , AND A HAIL OF SALIVA ) > $ WE ALSO HAVE THAT RIGHT . $ WE ARE NIKOLAI-LUDWIG OF POSEN AND PILSEN , HEREDITARY OVERL ORD OF MORE PLACES THAN WE ARE ABLE TO RECOLLECT WITHOUT ASS ISTANCE . $ 03 WE ARE , NOT UNNATURALLY , COUSINS AS WELL AS BROTHERS-IN -LAW . $ WE ARE MARRIED TO ONE ANOTHER'S SISTERS . $ OUR PARENTS , TOO , ARE COUSINS . $ EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN HAS BEEN DONE TO PRESERVE OUR HERED ITARY DEFICIENCIES , WHICH DISTINGUISH US FROM MERE PEOPLE I N THE SINGULAR . $ 11 NOW , HURRY UP , YOU SWINE , AND GET INTO UNIFORM , WHERE YOU BELONG ! $ WAR IS ON THE POINT OF BREAKING OUT AGAIN . $ 06 < ( ALARMED ) > $ WAR ? $ AGAIN ? $ MAY ONE ASK BETWEEN WHOM ? $ 03 < ( LEANING ON THE ENEMY LEADER'S SHOULDER ) > $ BETWEEN US . $ DIDN'T YOU KNOW , WE ARE MORTAL ENEMIES ? $ WE HAVE SEEN HIS SUMMER MANOEUVRES . $ 11 < ( SMILING WICKEDLY ) > $ WE HAVE SEEN HIS WINTER MANOEUVRES . $ 03 < ( WITH THE SAME COMPLICITY ) > $ IT PROMISES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING WARS YET FOUGH T . $ 04 WHAT 'S THE MATTER WITH YOU , CITIZENS ? $ WHERE 'S YOUR REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT ? $ THE COURT IS IN SESSION , AND YOU ALLOW THE SOLEMN PROCEEDIN GS TO BE INTERRUPTED WITH ONLY A FEEBLE WORD OF PROTEST ? $ CLEAR THE COURT ! $ 11 WE THOUGH YOU WERE A PRISONER ? $ 04 I AM UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH . $ I INSIST THAT THE SENTENCE BE CARRIED OUT BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ! $ 03 LIKE A SCORPION , THIS PIN-HEADED SOCIALIST DOES AWAY WIT H HIMSELF RATHER THAN FACE THE INEXORABLE MARCH OF PROGRESS . $ 11 POOR FOOL ! $ YOUR WORLD OF HIGH IDEALS IS DEAD FOREVER . $ 04 ONCE BORN , IT CAN NEVER DIE ! $ 03 YOU WISH US TO PROVE IT TO YOU ? $ SCHINKELMANN ! $ < THE INVENTOR ENTERS , WELL-DRESSED IN THE PERIOD OF 1910 . $ HE WEARS A HARD COLLAR , PIN-STRIPE TROUSERS , BOWLER HAT AN D PINCE-NEZ . $ #77 $ HE CLICKS HIS HEELS TOGETHER WITH A SNAP . $ HE CARRIES A POINTER . > $ 12 HIGHNESSES ! $ AT YOUR SERVICE ! $ 03 TELL THESE PEASANTS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD WHILE THEY HAVE BEEN ASLEEP IN THEIR COMMITTEES . $ 12 < ( THE PERFECT SCHOOLMASTER ) > $ I GUESSED THAT WOULD BE YOUR HIGHNESS' WISHES ! $ < ( HE CLAPS HIS HANDS . ) > $ LANTERNA MAGICA ! $ < ( A SCREEN DESCENDS FROM THE TOP OF THE GUILLOTINE FRAME . ) > $ TAKE OUT YOUR PENS AND PAPERS , AND DON'T COPY FROM YOUR NEI GHBOURS ! $ FIRST SLIDE , PLEASE ! $ < A SLIDE APPEARS . $ IT SHOWS AN OLD-FASHIONED RAILWAY ENGINE IN MOTION . $ A GASP FROM THE MEN . > $ 07 WHAT 'S THAT ? $ 12 I WAS EXPECTING THIS QUESTION . $ THIS IS A STEAM ENGINE ; THIS IRON GIANT ON TWO PARALLEL RAI LS CAN PROPEL A THOUSAND CIVILIANS OR TWO THOUSAND SOLDIERS AT SIXTY MILES AN HOUR . $ 08 BUT WHERE ARE THE HORSES ? $ 12 THE HORSES ARE INSIDE THE BOILER . $ < HE BEGINS TO LAUGH . > $ 08 DON'T THEY GET BURNED ? $ < THE INVENTOR , THE GENERAL AND THE ENEMY LEADER LAUGH . > $ 12 ACH , IT 'S TOO GOOD ! $ NEXT SLIDE , PLEASE ! $ < ( A VICTORIAN BATTLESHIP APPEARS . $ THE MEN SHOW CONSTERNATION . ) > $ THIS IS A DREADNOUGHT ! $ A SHIP WHICH CAN DESTROY A CITY OF TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE IN TEN MINUTES WITH ITS GUNS . $ IT TRAVELS FIFTEEN SEA MILES IN THE HOUR THANKS TO ITS BOILE RS . $ < ( HE POINTS . ) > $ THE STEAM ESCAPES THROUGH THE FUNNELS . $ 02 HOW DOES IT WORK ? $ LIKE A KETTLE ? $ 12 < ( SURPRISED ) > $ THIS BOY SHOWS PROMISE . $ YES , LIKE A HUGE KETTLE ! $ 02 WHICH BLOWS THE STEAM AGAINST THE SAILS ? $ < GREAT LAUGHTER . > $ 11 SAY WHAT YOU WILL , THE PEASANT IS THE SALT OF THE EARTH ! $ 12 < ( STILL LAUGHING ) > $ NEXT SLIDE . $ < ( AN ANCIENT AIRPLANE APPEARS . $ THE MEN PANIC . ) > $ THIS IS AN AIRPLANE , WHICH CAN FLY LIKE A BIRD WITH AS MANY AS TWO MEN ABOARD FOR UP TWO HOURS ! $ #78 $ 10 IT FLIES ? $ WITH MEN IN IT ? $ 12 < ( POINTING ) > $ YOU CAN SEE THE MEN CLEARLY IN THE PHOTOGRAPH . $ 03 WELL , REBEL ? $ 04 IF BIRDS CAN FLY , WHY SHOULDN'T MAN ? $ IT WAS ONLY TO BE EXPECTED EVENTUALLY . $ BUT WHO PAYS FOR ALL THIS PROGRESS ? $ 12 NEXT SLIDE . $ < ( SOME MISERABLE CHILDREN APPEAR IN A FACTORY SCENE . ) > $ WITH CHILD LABOUR , PRODUCTION IS RISING , THE MARKET IS BOO MING . $ THERE NEVER HAS BEEN SUCH PROSPERITY IN ALL OF HISTORY ! $ 04 YOU PUT CHILDREN TO WORK ? $ 11 NOT JUST ANY CHILDREN , WORKING-CLASS CHILDREN . $ THEY KNOW THEIR STATION . $ THEY EXPECT NOTHING ELSE , AND THEY ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR LOT . $ 06 THEY RECEIVE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION ? $ 03 FREE ! $ 06 THAT SOUNDS LIKE PROGRESS INDEED . $ 12 IT IS NOT MERELY CHILD LABOUR , THAT IS A DETAIL ! $ NEXT SLIDE ! $ < ( A LONG ROW OF NATIVE PORTERS APPEARS IN A TROPICAL SETTI NG . ) > $ WE HAVE EMPIRES ON WHICH THE SUN NEVER SETS , IN WHICH WE HA VE FOUND UNLIMITED RESOURCES BENEATH THE SOIL AND UNLIMITED RESOURCES ON THE SOIL TO DRAG RICHES TO THE SURFACE ! $ 11 WELL , REBEL ? $ DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FEEBLE IDEAS ARE AGAINST RESOURCES ? $ 04 IT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE SO . $ IF THE SUN NEVER SETS ON YOUR EMPIRES , IT FOLLOWS THAT IT N EVER RISES EITHER . $ YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR OWN PROSPERITY OUT OF FORCE OF HABIT . $ ROME DID IT . $ SUMMER DOES NOT LAST FOREVER , AND IT IS NOT SPRING WHICH LI ES IN WAIT FOR YOU , BUT AUTUMN . $ < THE MEN LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER IN PERPLEXITY . > $ 12 NEXT SLIDE ! $ < ( A MACHINE GUN APPEARS . ) > $ THIS IS A MACHINE GUN , WHICH CAN FIRE A HUNDRED BULLETS IN A MINUTE , AND KILL AS MANY MEN IF CORRECTLY AIMED ! $ 10 < ( SUDDENLY , WITH DEVOTION ) > $ LONG LIVE THEIR HIGHNESSES ! $ < THE ARCHBISHOP LAUNCHES HIMSELF EAGERLY INTO THE FRAY . > $ 06 HIP ! $ HIP ! $ HIP ! $ 15 'RAY ! $ < A BUGLE SOUNDS . > $ #79 $ 07 THERE 'S THE BUGLE , LADS ! $ COME ON ! $ AT THE DOUBLE ! $ < THE MEN EXIT . > $ 04 < ( TO THE ARCHBISHOP ) > $ YOU , TOO ? $ < THE REBEL GOES , QUICKLY . > $ 11 AFTER HIM ! $ 03 DON'T BOTHER , COUSIN . $ HE HAS NOWHERE TO GO BUT THE WORLD , AND THAT IS SHRINKING . . $ 11 IF IT IS SHRINKING AS YOU SAY , WE MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO FEAR AFTER ALL ... $ 03 OH YES , DEAR COUSIN ... EACH OTHER ... $ < THEY EXIT , LAUGHING SLIGHTLY . $ THERE IS AN EXPLOSION . > $ 06 WHAT WAS THAT ? $ 12 FROM THE SOUND OF IT , IT WAS A BOMB . $ A HOME-MADE ONE . $ < THE REBEL RUNS IN AND OUT . $ HE STOPS WHEN HE HEARS THE NEWSPAPERMAN . > $ 09 ARCHDUCHESS CARMENSITA ASSASSINATED ! $ GENERAL MOBILIZATION ! $ READ ALL ABOUT IT ! $ 06 HOW WAS THAT ? $ HOW GHASTLY ! $ I 'M AFRAID MY MONEY IS RATHER OUT OF DATE . $ 12 HERE . $ TWO PAPERS , PLEASE . $ 06 WHO WAS THE ARCHDUCHESS CARMENSITA ? $ 12 I DON'T KNOW . $ THERE ARE SO MANY OF THEM . $ WHAT INTERESTS ME IS THE MOBILIZATION . $ 06 < ( MELANCHOLY ) > $ AT MOMENTS , I FEEL WE ARE LIKE CHILDREN WHO NEVER GROW UP . $ 12 < ( SINISTER ) > $ THANKS TO ME , THE TOYS GROW UP INSTEAD . $ < THEY EXIT . $ THE WIFE WANDERS ON , DRESSED AS A STREETWALKER . > $ 09 WHY D' YOU CHOOSE THIS PAVEMENT ? $ D' YOU DO IT JUST TO ANNOY ME ? $ 05 ANNOY YOU ? $ THAT 'S RICHT . $ I 'M EARNING MY LIVING SAME AS YOU ARE . $ 09 THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER PAVEMENTS . $ THIS IS A BIG CITY . $ 05 THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO . $ 09 AREN'T YOU ASHAMED OF YOURSELF ? $ 05 OH , HOW HIGH AND MIGHTY WE 'VE BECOME ! $ WHAT D' YOU THINK ? $ #80 $ I 'VE BEEN REDUCED TO THIS BEFORE BECAUSE OF YOU . $ IT 'S BETTER THAN THE WORKHOUSE . $ I CAN CHOOSE MY OWN CLOTHES , AND I CAN SLEEP TILL NOON . $ 09 BUT WHAT HAPPENS THE REST OF THE TIME ? $ 05 IT 'S GOOD FOR YOU TO IMAGINE . $ I 'VE LIVED LONGER THAN YOU HAVE , REMEMBER . $ I GOT TO NINETY-THREE ONE TIME , AND I 'VE REACHED EIGHTY QU ITE OFTEN . $ YOU 'RE A QUITE SMALL PART OF MY LIFE , COME TO THINK OF IT . $ I KNOW YOUR SON MUCH BETTER THAN I 'LL EVER KNOW YOU . $ 09 < ( BLEAK ) > $ HOW IS HE ? $ 05 LAST TIME HE WAS BORN BLIND AND BACKWARD . $ THE DOCTOR SAID IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SHOCK OF SEEING YOU GO . $ < THE SERGEANT ENTERS . $ HE WEARS A BLACK ARMBAND . > $ 09 < ( HORRIFIED , MISERABLE ) > $ WAR DECLARED ! $ READ ALL ABOUT IT ! $ < ( THE SERGEANT BUYS A PAPER . ) > $ BLIND AND BACKWARD ! $ 01 LET 'S HAVE THE CHANGE , THEN ! $ WHAT 'S THE MATTER WITH YOU ? $ 09 SORRY , MISTER . $ 01 YOU 'LL BE IN THE ARMY SOON , MY LAD . $ THAT 'LL WAKE UP YOUR IDEAS FOR YOU ! $ < ( HE LOOKS AT THE PAPER . ) > $ WAR , EH ? $ JUST AS WELL . $ I 'LL GIVE IT THREE WEEKS WITH ALL THE MODERN WEAPONS WE GOT . $ < HE EXITS . > $ 09 BLIND AND BACKWARD ? $ WELL , THAT DOES IT . $ I 'M NOT GOING THIS TIME . $ I 'M GOING TO REGISTER AS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR . $ 05 YOU ? $ < ( SHE LAUGHS . ) > $ ISN'T IT MARVELLOUS . $ MY LAD A CONSHIE ! $ 09 WELL , I MIGHT AS WELL BE FOR ALL THE USE I AM . $ IN ALL THESE THOUSANDS OF YEARS , I 'VE NEVER KILLED ANYONE . $ I ONLY GO OUT THERE IN ORDER TO GET KILLED . $ YOU 'RE RIGHT . $ IT 'S SILLY . $ 05 D' YOU EXPECT ME - OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER - TO LO OK UP TO YOU IF YOU DON'T GO DO YOUR BIT ? $ 09 MY BIT ? $ WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ I WANT TO STAY WITH YOU FOR A CHANGE . $ I WANT TO SEE THE BOY ! $ 05 THERE ISN'T NO BOY , AND THERE WON'T BE ANOTHER ONE IF I CAN HELP IT . $ 09 THEN WHY ARE YOU SO KEEN FOR ME TO GO , IF YOU DON'T CARE FOR ME ? $ #81 $ 05 < ( IRRITATED ) > $ OH , YOU KNOW US , SURELY , AFTER ALL THIS TIME . $ IN SPITE OF ALL MY GOOD RESOLUTIONS , SOMETHING ALWAYS GOES WRONG SOONER OR LATER . $ I FIND MYSELF THAT WAY . $ 09 IT MAY BE SOMEONE ELSE THIS TIME . $ 05 < ( HOTLY ) > $ SOMEONE ELSE ? $ WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR ? $ < ( 35914 ENTERS AS A WORKING-MAN . ) > $ HELLO , HONEY . $ 02 SORRY , NO TIME NOW . $ GOING TO JOIN UP ! $ SEE YOU WHEN I COME BACK ON LEAVE . $ 09 READ ALL ABOUT IT ! $ 02 < ( CHEERFUL ) > $ I 'VE HAD ALL THE BAD NEWS I CAN TAKE FOR ONE DAY . $ < HE EXITS . > $ 05 THERE 'S A REAL MAN . $ 09 I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU ANY MORE . $ 05 THINK OF THE NEIGHBOURS IF WE HITCH UP AGAIN . $ HOW CAN I HOLD UP MY HEAD IF EVERYONE KNOWNS MY HUSBAND 'S A COWARD ? $ 09 OH , WE 'VE GOT NEIGHBOURS NOW ? $ 05 THE WORLD 'S MUCH FULLER THAN IT WAS . $ PEOPLE TALK . $ FROM BALCONIES , ON THE STAIRS , IN THE SHOPS . $ THEY COME IN TO BORROW THINGS , WITHOUT KNOCKING . $ THERE 'S NO PRIVATE LIFE NO MORE . $ THAT 'S WHY I WANT YOU TO GO , DEAR . $ ONLY DON'T VOLUNTEER FOR NOTHING THIS TIME . $ I WANT YOU BACK , D' YOU HEAR ME ? $ KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN . $ BE THE LAST OVER THE TOP , DEAR . $ < THE SOLDIERS PASS - ALL DRESSED AS CIVILIANS , BUT WITH RI FLES AND SUITCASES . $ THE SERGEANT LEADS THE WAY . > $ 15 < ( SINGING ; VERY SENTIMENTAL ) > $ EVERY HOUR , ROUND THE CLOCK I WILL THINK OF YOU , IF EVERY HOUR , ROUND THE CLOCK YOU WILL THINK OF ME . $ EVERY KEY MUST FIT A LOCK , AND EVERY LOCK A KEY . $ MY KEY'S LOCK IS ONLY YOU , IF YOUR LOCK'S KEY IS ME . $ < THEY EXIT . > $ 05 < ( IN TEARS ) > $ GIVE YOUR SON A DAD TO BE PROUD OF ! $ < THEY KISS PASSIONATELY . > $ #82 $ 09 WAIT FOR ME , LADS ! $ < THE WIFE FOLLOWS SLOWLY , WAVING HER LITTLE HANDKERCHIEF A ND WIPING HER TEARS . $ THE GENERAL WANDERS ON , IN A BAD HUMOUR . $ HE IS IN KHAKI . $ THE INVENTOR FOLLOWS HIM . $ HE IS IN A LAB COAT . > $ 12 I THINK I HAVE SOMETHING AT LAST , YOUR HIGHNESS . $ 03 YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING ? $ YOU THINK ? $ GREAT GOD ALMIGHTY , PROFESSOR , THREE CHRISTMASES HAVE COME AND GONE , AND STILL WE HAVE FOUND NO LOW TRICK WITH WHICH TO BREAK THE ENEMY'S RESISTANCE . $ 12 WE HAVE HAD TO STOP WORK FROM TIME TO TIME , YOUR HIGHNES S , TO IMPROVISE COUNTER-MEASURES TO HIS NEW WEAPONS . $ 03 HOW DOES HE GET ALL THE NEW WEAPONS BEFORE US , PROFESSOR ? $ 12 THAT IS THE LUCK OF THE GAME , YOUR HIGHNESS . $ 03 GAME , MAN ? $ YOU CALL IT A GAME WHEN ALL WE STAND FOR COULD BE BRUSHED AS IDE IN A MINUTE ? $ WE MIGHT EVEN BE FORCED TO SPEND THE REMAINDER OF OUR DAYS I N EXILE - DO YOU REALIZE THAT ? $ ARCHDUKE OF NOTHING MORE THAN A FLOOR IN A FOUR-STAR HOTEL ! $ 12 < ( PIQUED ) > $ IF YOU DON'T WANT MY INVENTION , I CAN EASILY TAKE IT ELSEWH ERE . $ 03 GOOD GRACIOUS ME , NO . $ CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND A JOKE ? $ 12 I CAN UNDERSTAND A JOKE WHICH MAKES ME LAUGH . $ YOURS DOES NOT ! $ 03 WHAT IS THIS INVENTION OF YOURS ? $ 12 NEVER MIND . $ 03 NOW YOU 'RE SULKING AGAIN . $ OH DEAR . $ WHAT D' YOU WANT , A TITLE ? $ SANDWICH ? $ 12 A TITLE ? $ SANDWICH ? $ 03 WE 'LL MAKE YOU A BARON IF THIS INVENTION WORKS . $ 12 WHAT 'S THE USE OF BEING A BARON WHEN I 'M A GENIUS ? $ 03 WE REALIZE THAT ... $ 12 WHATEVER YOU GIVE ME , IT WILL ONLY BE A FRACTION OF WHAT I CAN TAKE WHENEVER I WANT IT ! $ < HE SWAYS . > $ 03 I REALIZE THAT , BARON SCHINKELMANN . $ 12 I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME . $ I HAVE NOT SLEPT FOR WEEKS , WORKING ON THIS CONFOUNDED INVE NTION . $ #83 $ 03 NOBODY IS MORE CONSCIOUS OF YOUR PATRIOTISM THAN WE . $ NOW , LET 'S HEAR ABOUT IT , BARON SCHINKELMANN . $ 12 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU , YOUR HIGHNESS . $ YOU DO ME TOO GREAT AN HONOUR . $ 03 IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY IF YOU BRING US VICTORY . $ 12 I HAVE INVENTED A NEW POISON GAS , YOUR HIGHNESS . $ NO GAS MASK KNOWN TO MAN CAN STAND UP AGAINST IT . $ IT POLLUTES CROPS , FOOD , KILLS LIVESTOCK , DESTROYS EVERYT HING IT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH . $ IT IS LETHAL . $ THAT IS WHY I HAVE CALLED IT LETHANOL . $ 03 < ( SMILING ) > $ WHY NOT SCHINKELMANNOL ? $ 12 < ( WITH DIGNITY ) > $ YOUR HIGHNESS , I ALSO INVENTED THE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE AND TH E SAFETY PIN . $ I HAVE NO WISH TO BE REMEMBERED BY A GAS . $ 03 WHEN CAN WE HAVE THIS ? $ 12 BY CHRISTMAS . $ 03 NOT BEFORE ? $ 12 BY CHRISTMAS . $ 03 VERY WELL . $ NOT A WORD TO THE ARCHBISHOP , IS THAT UNDERSTOOD ? $ 12 OF COURSE NOT , YOUR HIGHNESS . $ 03 WE ARE WELL SATISFIED , BARON . $ TO WORK , TO WORK . $ < THE INVENTOR CLICKS HIS HEELS , BOWS , AND WALKS OUT . $ THE GENERAL GOES HIS WAY . $ SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SCENE , THE STAGE HAS BEEN GROW ING DARKER , LIT BY OCCASIONAL FLASHES . $ THE SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN CREEPING ONTO THE STAGE , THEIR RIFLE S CRADLED IN THEIR ARMS . > $ 10 71696 ! $ 08 WHAT ? $ 10 WE CAN'T GO NO FURTHER THAN THIS . $ IT 'S SUICIDE ! $ 07 SERGEANT ISN'T EVEN HERE . $ HE 'S GONE SICK AGAIN . $ 08 FACT HE AIN'T HERE DON'T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE TO OUR ORDERS . $ 02 YOU MAKE ME PUKE , 71696 . $ EVER SINCE YOU GOT THE BRONZE VICTORY MEDAL , YOU 'VE BEEN A PUBLIC DANGER . $ 10 SAH ! $ LISTEN . $ < ( FROM FAR AWAY , WE CAN HEAR A RAGGED MALE CHOIR SINGING 'O TANNENBAUM' . ) > $ IT 'S THE ENEMY . $ 02 < ( GLUM ) > $ YEAH . $ THAT REMINDS ME . $ A MERRY CHRISTMAS , EVERYONE . $ #84 $ 15 A MERRY CHRISTMAS . $ < THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER CRAWLS FORWARD WITH A TINY TWIG . > $ 07 WHAT YOU GOT HERE ? $ 09 CHRISTMAS TREE . $ < ( LAUGHTER . ) > $ SERGEANT 'S COMING UP , BOYS . $ < EVERYONE GROANS . > $ 01 RIGHT . $ BREAK OFF THE ADVANCE . $ THERE 'S SOMETHING BIG IN THE AIR . $ 02 SOMETHING NEW . $ < ( SUDDENLY THERE IS A STRANGE TEARING NOTE , AND A REPORT . ) > $ THAT 'S IT , LADS ! $ THAT WAS ONE OF OUR SHELLS . $ DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A NORMAL ONE TO ME . $ 10 LISTEN ! $ THEY 'VE STOPPED SINGIN' . $ 01 654321987 . $ 09 YES , SAR'NT . $ 01 LIFT YER HEAD UP , AND SEE WHAT THAT WAS . $ 02 DON'T BE A FOOL ! $ 09 < ( HALF LOOKING UP ) > $ THAT 'S ODD . $ LOOKS LIKE A SMOKE SCREEN . $ 01 CAN'T BE A SHIFTIN' SMOKE SCREEN IF WE 'RE NOT GOING INTO THE ATTACK , YOU DOLLOP . $ 09 THAT 'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE . $ IT 'S WHITE . $ 02 HEY ! $ CAN YOU SMELL SOMETHING ? $ 10 YES , LIKE LAVENDER . $ 08 MORE LIKE A WET DOG NOW . $ 02 YES , LIKE A STALE FACE-FLANNEL . $ 07 LIKE CATS IN A DAMP CORRIDOR . $ 01 IT 'S GAS ! $ THAT 'S WHAT IT IS ! $ < THERE IS GENERAL COMMOTION AND CRIES OF ' GAS ! ' . > $ 09 < ( UNCONCERNED ) > $ WELL , WE 'LL SOON KNOW , BECAUSE IT 'S COMING THIS WAY . $ 01 IT 'S DOIN' WHAT ? $ 02 < ( HOLDING UP HIS HAND ) > $ THE WIND ! $ IT 'S CHANGED DIRECTION ! $ 02 PUT ON YOUR GAS MASKS ! $ < BEFORE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO , THEY BEGIN TO COUGH , AND T HE SCENE TAKES ON THE ASPECT OF A WEIRD , CONVULSIVE BALLET . $ WHILE IT IS STILL GOING ON , THE GENERAL WALKS ON FROM ONE S IDE , THE ENEMY LEADER FROM THE OTHER . > $ #85 $ 03 ALLOW US TO CONGRATULATE YOU . $ 11 YOU HAD BAD LUCK . $ IF THE WIND HADN'T CHANGED , OUR POSITIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN R EVERSED . $ 03 WE HAVE THE HONOUR OF CAPITULATING . $ 11 WE HAVE THE HONOUR OF RETURNING YOUR SWORD . $ 03 NO HARD FEELINGS ? $ 11 OF COURSE NOT . $ IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED . $ WHAT NEWS FROM HOME ? $ 03 REVOLUTION . $ 11 SAME WITH US . $ 03 WILL YOU BE GOING INTO EXILE ? $ 11 WHERE ELSE ? $ 03 WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER THERE THEN . $ 11 WE MOVED OUR FORTUNE TO A NEUTRAL COUNTRY WHEN THE WAR DI DN'T END THAT FIRST CHRISTMAS . $ 03 SO DID WE ! $ WE REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH IN COMMON TO QUARREL LIKE THIS . $ 11 WE ONLY QUARREL IN PUBLIC , DEAR COUSIN . $ 03 YOU WILL THINK US A VERY POOR HOST , I 'M AFRAID . $ WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE IN WHICH TO TOAST YOUR VICTORY , BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE 'S NOBODY L EFT TO SERVE IT ... $ < THEY WALK OFF ARM IN ARM . $ THE LIGHTS COME UP , AND THE MEN ARE IN THEIR GAS-CAPES AGAI N . $ THEY PUSH THE TOMB BACK INTO PLACE . $ THE SERGEANT WALKS ON , EXACTLY AS HE WAS IN THE BEGINNING . > $ 01 ALL RIGHT ! $ EVERYBODY BACK INTO PLACE AS YOU WAS IN THE BEGINNIN' . $ MOVE ! $ DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER YOU ALL ? $ ONLY A FEW MINUTES BEFORE WE 'RE ON THE AIR . $ MOVE ! $ < THE ARCHBISHOP RUSHES ON . > $ 06 WHAT HAPPENED ? $ I SEEMED TO LOSE TOUCH WITH YOU ALL . $ 01 WE CAN GO INTO THAT LATER , YOUR GRACE . $ WE 'VE GOT A CEREMONY TO GET THROUGH NOW . $ < ( THE WIFE ENTERS . ) > $ AH , THERE YOU ARE , LITTLE LADY , WE 'LL HAVE TO DECIDE WHA T TO DO WITH YOU NOW , WON'T WE ? $ THERE 'S SOMEONE MISSIN' . $ < ( THE REBEL ENTERS . ) > $ AH , IT 'S YOU , YES . $ LATE AS USUAL . $ LIE DOWN WHERE YOU WAS , OUT OF IT . $ < THE GENERAL ENTERS , STILL ADJUSTING HIS TIE . > $ 03 WHAT HIT US ? $ IT WAS LIKE A SUDDEN BLACKOUT . $ < ( THE ENEMY LEADER COMES ON , WEARING A SHEEP-LINED DUFFEL -COAT . ) > $ #86 $ WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE ? $ YOU WERE ALWAYS MY ENEMY BEFORE . $ 11 < ( SMILING ) > $ OH , THAT WAS LONG AGO . $ BUT I STILL AM YOUR ENEMY IN A WAY . $ I 'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE TELEVISION COVERAGE . $ I STAND BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR PUBLIC . $ EVERY FALSE NOTE , EVERY HALF-TRUTH , AND I MAGNIFY IT OUT O F ALL PROPORTION , IN COLOUR . $ < THE INVENTOR COMES ON . > $ 12 < ( LIVID ) > $ IT 'S A SCANDAL ! $ THIS COUNTRY CALLS ITSELF A MODERN STATE , AND MY CHAUFFEUR CAN'T EVEN PARK MY CAR IN THE V.I.P. ENCLOSURE BECAUSE I HAV EN'T GOT A RED STICKER . $ < ( SHOUTING . ) > $ I WAS NEVER SENT A RED STICKER ! $ I HAVE HAD TO WALK A MILE THROUGH THE CROWD ! $ 03 < ( BEGINNING TO LOSE HIS HEAD ) > $ I 'M VERY SORRY , PROFESSOR , IT 'S NOT MY FAULT . $ I HAVE TO ORGANIZE ... $ 12 < ( FURIOUS ) > $ ORGANIZE ! $ WHY DON'T YOU USE MY COMPUTERS ? $ I DON'T KNOW WHY I STAY HERE . $ EVERY WEEK I HAVE OFFERS TO GO AND WORK ELSEWHERE , WHERE TH EY DON'T MAKE MISTAKES ! $ < ( HE BREAKS OFF , AND MUTTERS , AS AN ECHO . ) > $ WHERE THEY DON'T MAKE MISTAKES ... $ < THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER TOTTERS ON , SLOWLY AND UNSTEADILY . $ HE IS IN TATTERS , AND COVERED IN BLOOD . $ THERE IS A PETRIFIED SILENCE . $ THE WIFE IS THE FIRST TO BREAK IT . > $ 05 OH , MY DARLING ! $ 09 < ( RESTRAINS HER . $ HE SPEAKS WITH CLARITY , BUT IT 'S CLEARLY AN EFFORT ) > $ DON'T COME NEAR ME ... SWEETHEART ... YOU 'LL GET YOUR CLOTH ES ALL DIRTY ... AND THEN , I 'M ONLY HELD TOGETHER WITH BAN DAGES ... IF YOU TOUCH ME ... I MIGHT FALL APART ... $ 01 < ( FINDING HIS TONGUE ) > $ WHY ISN'T YOU IN YER COFFIN AS PER INSTRUCTIONS ? $ 09 I DECIDED ... NOT TO DIE THIS TIME . $ 03 DECIDED NOT TO DIE ? $ IT 'S NOT FOR YOU TO DECIDE THIS , THAT , OR THE COPULATIN' OTHER . $ YOU KNOW YER ORDERS ! $ 09 I DECIDED ... NOT TO DIE . $ 03 < ( SHAKEN ) > $ IS THAT QUITE FAIR ? $ ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR FUNERAL HAVE BEEN MADE . $ YOU KNOW THAT . $ IN A FEW MINUTES , YOU 'LL BE ON TELEVISION . $ 09 I 'M SORRY , GENERAL . $ THERE IT IS . $ #87 $ 06 IT IS NOT GIVEN TO EVERYONE TO HAVE A CEREMONY AS FINE AS THIS IN HIS HONOUR , YOU KNOW ... AND IT IS IN YOUR HONOUR . $ 09 I CAME HERE ... AS QUICK AS I COULD ... AND THEN I THOUGH T ... WHAT IF I DON'T MAKE IT IN TIME ? $ THEY 'LL HAVE THEIR CEREMONY JUST THE SAME ... THERE 'S NO N EED FOR A BODY ... $ THERE 'S A LID ON THE COFFIN ... THERE 'S NEVER BEEN NO NEED FOR A BODY ... $ 03 ARE YOU SERIOUSLY SUGGESTING WE SHOULD CHEAT THE PUBLIC ? $ 09 YOU CHEAT THE PUBLIC EVERY TIME YOU DECLARE WAR . $ WHY NOT NOW ? $ < THE SERGEANT RUNS AMOK . > $ 01 LET ME GET AT 'IM . $ GIVE ME A RIFLE , SOMEONE . $ I 'LL FINISH 'IM OFF . $ IT WON'T TAKE MUCH ! $ < THE SOLDIERS DENY HIM THEIR RIFLES , AND STRUGGLE WITH HIM . > $ 03 SERGEANT ! $ SERGEANT ! $ < THE SERGEANT SUDDENLY GOES LIMP . > $ 01 < ( PATHETIC ) > $ I CAN'T GO ON , SIR ... I NEVER SEEN THE LIKE ... I 'M GIVIN ' UP , SIR ... I 'M GIVIN' ... $ < ( HE TRIES TO STAND UP . ) > $ PERMISSION TO ... $ < HE FALLS . > $ 09 THERE . $ I 'VE KILLED A MAN AT LAST ... THERE GOES MY CLEAN SHEET ... AFTER ALL THIS TIME . $ SIR ? $ 03 < ( UPSET ) > $ YES ? $ 09 MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION ? $ 03 WHAT IS IT ? $ 09 YOU 'VE GOT AN EMPTY COFFIN , HAVEN'T YOU ... NOW YOU 'VE GOT A CORPSE ... WHAT WITH THE SOLDIERS AND THE FLAGS AND T HE DRUMS ... HE DESERVES IT MUCH MORE THAN I EVER DID . $ 03 WHAT DO YOU SAY , ARCHBISHOP ? $ 06 WELL , IT 'S A LITTLE IRREGULAR . $ I MEAN , THE SERGEANT WAS HARDLY UNKNOWN , WAS HE ? $ 05 < ( EMOTIONAL ) > $ MY MAN WASN'T UNKNOWN EITHER . $ YOU ALL KNOW HIM . $ YOU 'VE KNOWN HIM FOR CENTURIES . $ HE 'S JUST KNOWN AS THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ! $ 06 YES , THAT 'S QUITE TRUE . $ #88 $ 03 MEN , PLACE THE SERGEANT IN THE TOMB . $ < THE MEN BEGIN TO DO SO . > $ 11 WE HAVE THREE MINUTES TO GO . $ < THE WIFE GRIPS HER STOMACH AND STARTS WRITHING . > $ 09 WHAT IS IT , DOLL ? $ 05 IT 'S STARTED . $ 03 NOT HERE , FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE ! $ 09 I 'M GOING TO SEE MY SON ! $ < A NURSE ENTERS . $ IT IS THE WOMAN . > $ 03 TAKE HER AWAY . $ 13 IT 'S TOO DANGEROUS TO MOVE HER NOW . $ 05 OH . $ YOUR HIGHNESS . $ 13 < ( GENTLE , LAYING HER DOWN . $ THE SOLDIERS OFFER THEIR GREATCOATS ) > $ YES . $ HER HIGHNESS . $ DOING SOMETHING USEFUL AT LAST ... $ 03 BUT THE CEREMONY ? $ YOU 'LL HAVE TO KEEP THE CAMERAS AWAY FROM THIS AREA . $ 11 WE SHOOT WHATEVER 'S NEWSWORTHY . $ 06 AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT MY ADDRESS TO THE NATION ... $ 11 WE TRY TO GIVE THE PUBLIC WHAT IT WANTS . $ 04 YOU SEE , THIS IS THE REAL REVOLUTION AT LAST . $ THE ONE MAN WHO HAS NEVER CHANGED , THE ONE CONSTANT FACTOR THROUGHOUT HISTORY , HAS WOKEN UP . $ 12 WOKEN UP ? $ WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? $ A MAN HAS REFUSED TO DIE , THAT 'S ALL . $ WHAT IS SO SURPRISING ABOUT IT ? $ 04 HE IS IN CHARGE . $ WE ARE AWAITING HIS DECISION , AWAITING HIS ORDERS . $ 12 I AM NOT AWAITING HIS ORDERS ! $ THE NEXT TIME YOU WILL ALL BE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS , I HAVE SEEN TO THAT ! $ THIS MAN IS INCAPABLE OF DECISION ! $ IT IS I WHO CAN DESTROY THE WORLD ! $ 04 HE CAN PREVENT YOU . $ 12 I CAN ORDER HIM TO PRESS THE BUTTON ! $ 04 HE CAN REFUSE . $ 12 I AM A GENIUS ! $ I HARNESS THE POWER OF THE EARTH AND SKY ! $ 04 HE IS A SIMPLE MAN . $ HE HARNESSES THE IMAGINATION . $ < THE WIFE CRIES OUT . > $ 09 PROFESSOR , YOU 'RE AN INTELLIGENT MAN ... WITH ALL YOUR KNOWLEDGE ... YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT CHILDBIRTH . $ #89 $ 12 I BEG YOUR PARDON ? $ CHILDBIRTH ? $ < ( HE LOOKS AT THE WIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME , AS SHE LIES , SURROUNDED BY A WALL OF SOLDIERS . ) > $ ACH , YOU ARE DOING IT ALL WRONG . $ YOU ARE NOT MAKING IT EASY FOR HER THAT WAY . $ HIGHER WITH THE LEGS . $ LOWER WITH THE HEAD . $ MORE PILLOWS . $ QUICK . $ NOW GIVE HER ONE OF THESE PILLS TO SUCK . $ THEY ARE CALLED LABORINE . $ I INVENTED THEM FOR JUST SUCH AN EMERGENCY ... $ 11 FIVE , FOUR , THREE , TWO , ONE . $ WE 'RE ON THE AIR ! $ < THE RED LIGHT ON THE CAMERA LIGHTS UP . > $ 06 < ( AMPLIFIED ELECTRONICALLY ) > $ FELLOW COUNTRYMEN . $ WHO WAS THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ? $ WAS HE TALL OR SHORT , FAIR OR DARK ? $ WE KNOW NOT . $ DID HE COME FROM NORTH OR SOUTH , EAST OR WEST ? $ WE KNOW NOT . $ ALL WE KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE DIED IN BATTLE AS MANY OTHE RS DID , TO DEFEND HIS COUNTRY AND HIS RELIGION , AND OUR RI GHT TO BE FREE ! $ < A CHILD STARTS CRYING FITFULLY . $ THE SOLDIERS FORM A LITTLE CLUSTER AROUND THE WIFE . $ THE ENEMY LEADER LOOKS UP AT THE CONTROL ROOM . > $ 11 < ( SOTTO VOCE , BUT PROJECTED URGENTLY ) > $ ALL CAMERAS CONCENTRATE ON THE CHILDBIRTH - CUT OFF THE ARCH BISHOP'S MIKE ! $ 06 LET US THEN REFLECT , OUR HANDS ON OUR HEARTS , OUR EYES ON THE ... $ < THE CONTINUES HIS SPEECH , IN SILENCE . > $ 12 EASY ! $ EASY , NURSE ! $ SO ... LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE ! $ GOOD ! $ ... NATURE IS DOING SURPRISINGLY WELL , ALL BY ITSELF ! $ ... SO ... SO ... $ IT WORKS ! $ < THE CHILD BEGINS TO WAIL . $ THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER BEGINS TO LAUGH INCREDULOUSLY . $ HIS DELIGHT IS CONTAGIOUS . $ THE ARCHBISHOP GOES ON OBLIVIOUSLY WITH HIS SILENT INVOCATIO N TO THE NATION . $ SUDDENLY A SIREN SOUNDS . $ PANIC . $ ONLY THE ARCHBISHOP IS TOO WRAPPED UP IN WHAT HE IS SAYING T O NOTICE . $ 04 WHAT IS IT ? $ 12 < ( HYSTERICAL ) > $ I GAVE NO ORDER ! $ 10 WHAT IS IT THEN ? $ 08 THE BALLOON GOIN' UP , I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED . $ #90 $ 02 IT MAY ONLY BE A FACTORY ... ON A TIME SIGNAL ... OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ! $ 07 LISTEN ! $ < THERE IS SILENCE , EXCEPT FOR THE CHILD'S CRYING . > $ 12 THERE IS NO USE LISTENING ! $ WE WILL NEVER HEAR IT COMING ... ARE YOU COMPLETELY HEARTLES S ! $ TO INTERRUPT A CHILDBIRTH ? $ 03 WHAT IS IT , PROFESSOR ? $ AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF , I DESERVE TO KNOW . $ 12 IT MAY BE THE ENEMY . $ 03 I KNEW WE SHOULD HAVE ATTACKED HIM FIRST ! $ 12 IT MAY BE A SHORT-CIRCUIT IN THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ... IT MAY BE A SHORT-CIRCUIT IN THE SYSTEM WARNING US OF A SHO RT CIRCUIT IN THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ... IT COULD BE ALMOS T ANYTHING , AD INFINITUM , ET CETERA ... $ 03 RIGHT ! $ WHERE 'S THE SERGEANT ? $ 04 HE 'S DEAD FOR GOOD THIS TIME ... THERE 'S NO PLACE FOR H IM IN A SOCIETY ADVANCED ENOUGH TO DESTROY ITSELF . $ < THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER APPEARS WITH THE CHILD IN HIS ARMS . > $ 03 RIGHT . $ FORM UP . $ PUT DOWN THAT CHILD , MAN . $ 04 < ( TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER ) > $ YOU LEAD US ! $ < ENTHUSIASM FROM THE MEN . > $ 03 THAT 'S RANK DISOBEDIENCE ! $ 04 LOOK WHERE CENTURIES OF OBEDIENCE HAS GOT US ! $ 09 COME THEN , MY DARLING . $ WELL , THERE 'S NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE , LADS ... I RECKON THE ONLY WAY TO GO IS OUT IN THE OPEN . $ IF WE DON'T FIND AN ENEMY TO SHARE OUR COMMON INTERESTS ... THEN WE DON'T DESERVE TO SURVIVE ... $ 02 COMMON INTERESTS ... FLOWERS ? $ 09 NO ... LIVING THIS TIME . $ 11 < ( TO THE AUDIENCE ) > $ NORMAL SERVICE WILL BE RESUMED AFTER THIS MESSAGE ... $ < THE LIGHTS FADE ON THE STILL GARRULOUS ARCHBISHOP . > $ 09 < ( WITH A SAD SMILE TO THE AUDIENCE , WHO ARE SUDDENLY L IT UP ) > $ WELL , DON'T EXPECT ME TO DO EVERYTHING JUST BECAUSE I 'M NO T DEAD . $ IT 'S UP TO YOU TOO , ALL OF YOU . $ COME ON , LADS ... $ < HE LEADS HIS MEN OUT THROUGH THE AUDITORIUM . $ THE SIRENS GROW IN VOLUME . > $ < THE END > $