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Escape - "A Matter of Conscience - 1" (Old Time Radio, 1953) · The 50 Greatest Old Time Radio Shows | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: January 18th, 1953, marked escape's 166th broadcast, A Matter of
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  Speaker 1: Conscience I. On colonial-era Bali, a Dutch government resident faces
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  Speaker 1: a growing diplomatic crisis after three English visitors desecrate a
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  Speaker 1: sacred Balinese temple. As outrage spreads, the resident and Captain
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  Speaker 1: Logan must deal with the visitors' actions and the danger
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  Speaker 1: of violent reprisals. Anthony Ellis wrote the drama, with Norman
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  Speaker 1: MacDonald directing. The cast includes Parley Bear, Ben Wright, Harry Bartell,
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  Speaker 1: Jack Krushen, John Denner, Don Diamond, and Terry Kilburn. This
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  Speaker 1: CBS presentation now takes us to the Netherlands Indies. We
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  Speaker 1: now take you back to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Tired of the everyday grind?
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  Speaker 3: Ever dream of a life of romantic adventure?
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  Speaker 2: Want to get away from it all?
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  Speaker 3: We offer you Escape. Escape.
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  Speaker 4: Designed to free you from the four walls of today
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  Speaker 4: for a half hour of high adventure.
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  Speaker 2: In the inner court of a Balinese temple, pleading for
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  Speaker 2: peace with a.
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  Speaker 3: High priest, while the rest of the natives, taking up
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  Speaker 3: their swords, are preparing for war against a handful of.
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  Speaker 2: Whites whom you represent.
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  Speaker 3: Listen now as Escape brings you Anthony Ellis' exciting story,
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  Speaker 3: A Matter of Conscience. All of this happened when the
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  Speaker 3: East India Islands were still the Netherlands Indies, and the
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  Speaker 3: island of Bali was a part of that group. There
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  Speaker 3: are a lot of things they tell you about Bali
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  Speaker 3: in posters and brochures. The maidens with their grace of form,
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  Speaker 3: the flowers, the music and the exotic dances. All these
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  Speaker 3: are charms for the appetite of the civilized Westerners. But
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  Speaker 3: there is also the matter of the native character. I
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  Speaker 3: know these things because I was the government resident at
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  Speaker 3: the time. A number of people still remember what took place. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: my heavens, how they remember the... but nobody talks about
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  Speaker 3: it anymore. When you consider that it caused a native uprising...
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  Speaker 3: and cut off the tourist traffic for two months... it
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  Speaker 3: is a better thing to forget. My house and my
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  Speaker 3: office was in Singaraja... which then was a town of
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  Speaker 3: some 12,000 in the north of Bali. The matter began
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  Speaker 3: one afternoon in November... An English pleasure ship had arrived
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  Speaker 3: the day before. I had received a visit from an
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  Speaker 3: old and valued friend, skipper of the ship, Captain Logan.
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  Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, the captain was drinking tea
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  Speaker 3: with me when Meneer Hoogstraten came in. My heavens, he
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  Speaker 3: was nervous. Meneer, I... Good afternoon, my dear. You've not
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  Speaker 3: met Captain Logan?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 3: You're from the English ship?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: How do you do? My name is my assistant. Would
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  Speaker 3: you have a cup of tea? Please, sit down. My dear,
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  Speaker 3: may I have a few words with you alone? Well,
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  Speaker 3: of course. I'll run along. No, no. I'll be fine.
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  Speaker 3: If you do stay here, it will concern you as well.
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  Speaker 5: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: I have just heard that a terrible thing has happened. What?
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  Speaker 3: What terrible thing? The Temple of Tearing has been desecrated.
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  Speaker 4: What?
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  Speaker 3: A party of the English visitors, three of them, made
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  Speaker 3: their way to the inner court, unseen by the guide,
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  Speaker 3: and made a dreadful mockery of.
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  Speaker 2: One of the sculptors there.
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  Speaker 3: And they're from my ship? There's no doubt of it, Captain.
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  Speaker 3: Young men, from what I understand.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, Lord, I might have known those three boys from
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  Speaker 2: Lexford College. I might have noticed.
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  Speaker 3: Not exactly, but they do hold strata. You know the
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  Speaker 3: statue of Gennish in the temple? Yes, yes, yes. They
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  Speaker 3: used one of the extremities as a resting place for
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  Speaker 3: a hack. Good Lord. It's far worse than here. Even worse. More?
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  Speaker 3: They've run off with two of the young females. My heavens.
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  Speaker 3: Temple dancers? Yes. Blast them. Oh, blast them indeed. Captain,
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  Speaker 3: those women might well be female priests. Have you notified
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  Speaker 3: the police about Stratton? I only heard of it a
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  Speaker 3: moment ago.
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  Speaker 2: I thought it best to consult with you first.
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  Speaker 3: Good, good. Has there been any trouble yet? I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. Captain, I want you to see that
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  Speaker 3: every one of your passengers is aboard ship immediately. That
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  Speaker 3: is better. It can be. I shall have to go
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  Speaker 3: to Surin to see the head priest. Oh, this is
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  Speaker 3: a nasty thing, I don't mind telling you. The Balinese
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  Speaker 3: are a proud people. And on that day, damage had
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  Speaker 3: been done to their tribes. My heavens, I had no
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  Speaker 3: idea how much damage until I met the high priest.
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  Speaker 3: He received me in the inner court after the temper.
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  Speaker 3: My dear Lennon, it has been a long time since
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  Speaker 3: your people and mine have spilled blood. Are you speaking
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  Speaker 3: of the Dutch government or white men? Both. We are peace-loving.
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  Speaker 3: I do not need to tell you that. But today
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  Speaker 3: there is anger within us. I cannot say where it
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  Speaker 3: may lead. Because of the foolish and heartless antics of boys,
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  Speaker 3: they will be dealt with. Say, where is the money at?
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  Speaker 2: Is that a threat? They will be dealt with.
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  Speaker 3: Have I not always been fair with you, Madame? Always,
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  Speaker 3: my dear. Then let me attend to the matter. You
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  Speaker 3: may do as you wish. You are the government resident.
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  Speaker 3: Will you tell me, have you found the young men?
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  Speaker 3: By now, they may have been found. And the women?
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: They too will be dealt with. They were not priests. No,
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  Speaker 3: but they have brought shame upon us. One is my
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  Speaker 3: own daughter, Leung. Oh, I am sorry. Now you must
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  Speaker 3: forgive me, Meneer.
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  Speaker 2: I have duties to attend.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no. Leung, you are an educated man. You know
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  Speaker 3: the Englishmen meant no harm without stupidity and ignorance... and
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  Speaker 3: I cannot believe they would harm your daughter.
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  Speaker 2: Good afternoon, my dear.
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  Speaker 7: Of course, I could not exactly blame the high priest.
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  Speaker 2: but.
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  Speaker 3: To allow sympathy to interfere with my duty was impossible...
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  Speaker 3: Before the thing went any further, it had to be stopped.
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  Speaker 3: There had not been a native uprising for over 30 years,
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  Speaker 3: and I frankly valued my position too much to allow
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  Speaker 3: one now. Bali is quite a luscious place to spend
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  Speaker 3: one's life, you see. I went to the constable when
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  Speaker 3: he occurred and discussed the matter with him. I wondered
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  Speaker 3: what had happened when he arrived. It's altogether too quiet
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  Speaker 3: for this.
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  Speaker 2: Time of the day. And I don't like the sound
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  Speaker 2: of that gong.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think they would take up arms? Oh, I
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  Speaker 3: doubt it.
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  Speaker 2: I very much doubt it. Bill, we mustn't be positive,
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  Speaker 2: must we? I trust that the governor has not heard
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  Speaker 2: about this.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, my heavens, no. It would mean our job is...
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  Speaker 3: I tell you frankly, Crillin, I'm worried. The Balinese seem
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  Speaker 3: to have disappeared. There wasn't a soul about when I
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  Speaker 3: came down. The tourists back aboard the ship, I imagine so.
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  Speaker 3: Captain Logan was seen to it. And my son would
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  Speaker 3: not say what had happened to the idiot boys who
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  Speaker 3: did this. No, no, but you know the old man.
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  Speaker 3: More than likely his daughter and the other one ran
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  Speaker 3: off with him of their own accord. All the girls
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  Speaker 3: love visitors. Unfortunately, this time it is the head priest.
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  Speaker 4: Doctor!
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  Speaker 2: Excuse me.
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  Speaker 3: Hello. Constable speaking.
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  Speaker 5: What?
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  Speaker 2: No.
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  Speaker 6: There.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Get as many men as you can, since
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  Speaker 3: they are off. What happened? Yes, they'll be along straight away.
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  Speaker 3: What happened?
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  Speaker 2: Very bad. Idiotic.
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  Speaker 3: Hello.
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  Speaker 5: Cornelius.
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  Speaker 3: Kirlen here.
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: I want every available man on the street in two minutes.
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  Speaker 3: It's gone. Do you understand? What has happened?
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  Speaker 2: No, no, it's the natives.
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  Speaker 3: They're running amok. I just got a call from the
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  Speaker 3: constable at Baton. I'll explain to you later.
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  Speaker 2: Have you a pistol, Menelein?
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  Speaker 3: No, my heavens, no. You'd better take this. Menelein, you're attacking?
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  Speaker 3: What have they done, Colonel? They're telling about Boulalang waving
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  Speaker 3: their swords all over the place. Searching for rifles. That's
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  Speaker 3: as much as I could get over the phone.
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  Speaker 2: Hurry up, please, Menelein.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it had happened. That lazy, delightful island. Those lovely,
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  Speaker 3: hospitable people had seemingly gone mad with anger over the
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  Speaker 3: antics of three tourist boys from an English school.
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  Speaker 2: I could not believe it, but.
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  Speaker 3: There it was. Bali was in the midst of an uprising.
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  Speaker 3: We drove in a small lorry to Bully Lane, and
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  Speaker 3: when we got there, there was not a sign of
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  Speaker 3: life in the town. I don't mind telling you I
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  Speaker 3: was frightened. Nothing like this had ever happened to me.
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  Speaker 3: And here I was, walking along the street without a
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  Speaker 3: pistol in my hand. Good, Ennis.
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  Speaker 6: Ask your man for call to all.
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  Speaker 3: Did you have any trouble, bro?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 3: You was all of them? Well, yes, everyone. Good job, sir.
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  Speaker 2: Town is completely empty.
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  Speaker 3: But they would not leave their shop open like that.
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  Speaker 2: They would if the temple people ordered them to. They
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  Speaker 2: must have run off to the hills.
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  Speaker 3: Any whites living here that you know of?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: Not in the native quarters. Unless they were visiting for
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  Speaker 3: some reason or other. Oh, I really think I had
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  Speaker 3: better notify the governor. If this thing... I've heard about it.
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  Speaker 2: But it's already spreading in here.
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  Speaker 3: They have... What? What? You see somebody?
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  Speaker 2: What? Outside of the road.
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  Speaker 3: In that shop. See? No. Come on. I see nobody.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Come out. You in there. Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 4: Johnny, good good chap showing up. I thought you were
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  Speaker 4: savages for a moment. These little devils, where did they go?
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  Speaker 3: We should like to know.
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  Speaker 2: That, too.
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  Speaker 3: Are you from the ship, sir? Yes, I should jolly
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  Speaker 3: well say that I am.
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  Speaker 2: It's in bad form, you know, awfully bad form. Would
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  Speaker 2: you mind telling us what happened?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, well, actually, I haven't the foggiest.
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  Speaker 4: One moment I was examining some rather great idols in
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  Speaker 4: the shop over there, and then I heard a screaming
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  Speaker 4: Balinese roar down the road, gibbering and brandishing.
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  Speaker 2: Perfectly huge swords.
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  Speaker 3: I managed to get away in high.
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  Speaker 2: It's not good enough, you know.
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  Speaker 3: You Dutch chaps ought to do something about it. Just
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  Speaker 3: one moment, please. Is there anyone else with you, with me? No,
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  Speaker 3: not at the moment, no, no.
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  Speaker 2: I and the other two chaps went.
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  Speaker 3: Back to the boat. You are not by any chance
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  Speaker 3: one of the three young men from Lexford College. Oh, marvelous.
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  Speaker 3: How on earth did you... Oh, of course, the tie was...
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  Speaker 3: My heavens. You started all this, did you realize that?
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  Speaker 3: I beg your pardon, I... I didn't hear. Who are you?
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  Speaker 3: I am the Dutch resident here, Raymond... And this is
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  Speaker 3: the chief constable, Mynheer Kerling. Oh, well, how do you do?
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  Speaker 3: I'm Reginald Mockridge.
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  Speaker 2: You are under arrest, Mynheer Mockridge.
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  Speaker 3: Under arrest? That's impossible.
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  Speaker 4: I'm a British sub.
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  Speaker 3: You and your friends went into the temple of Serigny
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  Speaker 3: today and behaved in a shocking manner. What has become
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  Speaker 3: of the native girl?
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  Speaker 2: My dear child, I have the foggiest notion.
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  Speaker 3: Do you understand that the whole island is in a
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  Speaker 3: state of revolt because of your stupidity? My dear child.
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  Speaker 3: If your two friends are found by the natives, they
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  Speaker 3: will most certainly be killed. Can you understand that? But actually,
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  Speaker 3: it was only a knock.
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  Speaker 2: They're coming back. They must have seen us from the head.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, we've got to get back to the lorry.
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  Speaker 3: I say, does this sort of thing happen here all
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  Speaker 3: the time? I mean, actually? Not until you arrive, my dear.
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  Speaker 3: It will happen in 1508.
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  Speaker 6: You think this thing can have the knack of.
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  Speaker 3: It's too late.
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  Speaker 2: They've got a lot behind it.
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  Speaker 3: Look, my journal. My journal must be hundreds of.
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  Speaker 2: Them, huh?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, actually... What do you think, Curley?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. We can't stand them off here.
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  Speaker 3: I say, hello, some of your chaps. Haring is this way.
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  Speaker 3: In here. In here. They have surrounded the whole town.
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  Speaker 3: We fired over their heads, but it didn't stop them.
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  Speaker 3: They can't get the glory. I'm afraid we'll have to
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  Speaker 3: hold out here until help comes. How many rounds of
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  Speaker 3: ammunition have you got, Cornelius? Only the regular issue, Mineiro.
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  Speaker 2: There are seven of us, not counting the English.
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  Speaker 3: You are getting ready to attack? Yes, yes. Quick. It's
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  Speaker 3: that hot. We'll have to make a run for it.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 3: I have always been extremely fond of the Balinese people,
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  Speaker 3: their feasts, dances, and music. They're altogether carefree and so
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  Speaker 3: civilized men, our lives. But on that day, the island
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  Speaker 3: of Bali was the last place on earth in which
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  Speaker 3: I wanted to be. Constable Curran, his subordinate, Cornelius, four
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  Speaker 3: native policemen, The English college boy, Marcus, and myself found
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  Speaker 3: refuge in a native hut and awaited the attack. As
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  Speaker 3: I said, the entire population of Buleleng were descending upon
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  Speaker 3: us armed with swords, knives, and clubs.
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  Speaker 2: Don't shoot until you're sure of hitting them. We can't
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  Speaker 2: raise their munitions.
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  Speaker 3: Very well, my dear.
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  Speaker 4: I say, any of you have got an extra gun
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  Speaker 4: for me?
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  Speaker 3: Mr. Marcus, get back against the wall and stay there.
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  Speaker 3: Kindly remember you are under arrest. Oh, they're stopping in
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  Speaker 3: the room.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps they've come to their senses.
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  Speaker 3: I say, look. They've got Boggy and Harrison. Blast them.
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  Speaker 4: What?
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  Speaker 6: Foggy, Harrison, we're doing the show together. Foggy, Harrison, it's
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  Speaker 6: all right. Foggy's here.
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  Speaker 3: Be quiet.
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  Speaker 2: Hold your fire.
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  Speaker 3: But be careful.
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  Speaker 2: It may be a drink.
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  Speaker 7: I must use the limelight to watch.
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  Speaker 6: The young Englishman, we shall attack.
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  Speaker 2: It is the high priest, Maidan. Shoot him down first.
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  Speaker 3: It may drop the bomb.
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  Speaker 6: No, wait, wait, wait a moment.
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  Speaker 3: Maidan! Maidan!
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  Speaker 7: We know the other one is inside with you.
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  Speaker 6: Bring him out. You know quite well that.
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  Speaker 3: We have no intention of doing that. I warn you.
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  Speaker 3: They must pay for what they have done.
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  Speaker 7: Who are the three of them?
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  Speaker 2: Let me shoot him.
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  Speaker 3: It is the only way now. No, no, no, Colin.
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  Speaker 6: There. Has your daughter been harmed, Maidan? Or the other woman's?
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  Speaker 7: I will not discuss this with you.
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  Speaker 3: We have won the Englishman. No, Blas.
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  Speaker 6: Blas and double Blas. Unless you release those men at once, Maydank,
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  Speaker 6: it will mean severe penalties for your people. I say again,
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  Speaker 6: we shall deal with the Englishmen.
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  Speaker 3: No. They must die.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I see.
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  Speaker 6: Maydank, will you give me five minutes to think it over?
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  Speaker 7: They will give you fire.
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  Speaker 3: The two Englishmen are being taken out of your sight.
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  Speaker 6: The manner of.
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  Speaker 3: Their death will be prepared.
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  Speaker 6: If you do not decide to give on the other,
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  Speaker 6: you will hear his friends as they die.
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  Speaker 7: It will not be pleasant.
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  Speaker 3: We could see from the doorway as a half-dozen natives
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  Speaker 3: took the two young Englishmen down the road and out
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  Speaker 3: of sight. Maydung stood across the street from us, arms
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  Speaker 3: folded weakly, and about him were an incredible number of men,
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  Speaker 3: sullen and quiet. To me, it was as though the
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: whole of the Balinese male population was there. Not really
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  Speaker 3: caring whether we would agree to give up Markerich or not.
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  Speaker 3: They would be just as happy to kill all of us.
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  Speaker 2: I still say shoot me down now. It may break
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  Speaker 2: them up.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 3: There must be another way.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you mean to say that you'll simply sit here
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  Speaker 4: and allow their chance to be murdered?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I won't. You give me a gun and I'll
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  Speaker 3: go on out there. Mr. Markerich, you are very young
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  Speaker 3: and very foolish. You will be cut to pieces in
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  Speaker 3: five seconds. And your friends would die much more slowly. Oh, really?
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  Speaker 2: The governor must have heard by now. So they should
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  Speaker 2: be on their way.
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  Speaker 3: I am afraid we will all be quite dead by then, Colonel.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it is more the matter of Maitland's daughter,
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  Speaker 3: I think, than the desecration of the temple. He is
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  Speaker 3: very proud. If he does not go through with this,
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: he is afraid he will lose faith. There is smoke
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  Speaker 3: down the road, Maitland.
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  Speaker 2: There, Cornelius. You see?
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  Speaker 3: My heavens. They are building a fire.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, no, but they wouldn't.
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  Speaker 2: I am afraid they would.
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  Speaker 3: How much time have we got left?
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  Speaker 2: About three minutes.
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  Speaker 3: I wonder... the back of the hut. We could break
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  Speaker 3: it out. It is very flimsy.
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  Speaker 4: Even so?
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  Speaker 3: Well, there were only half a dozen Dalinese with the
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  Speaker 3: two boys. If we could get down there before Maybank
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: knew we were gone. I say, sir. You, sir, be quiet.
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: Quite a few more men cross by. Or we might
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: not be able to reach them in time. Heaven knows
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: I do not want to do it, Curran, but I
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: can't see any other way. Can you?
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 2: We'll try it. You better stay in the doorway where
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: they can see him in there. As soon as we've
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: broken through.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: Cornelius better take Markerich and try to get up to Singarantia.
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: At least we can possibly save one of them. I'll
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: see it through here if you don't mind, sir. I
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: do mind, sir. You will do as you are told.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: I think I even surprised myself. I mean, here was
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: I giving orders as though I was a born military leader...
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: It was extraordinary. And I was completely paralyzed with fear
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: when I thought of what Medan would do to us
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: if we failed. My heavens, I did not want to die,
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: and most certainly not by Eastern methods. It seemed an
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: age before I heard Curlin say that we were ready
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: to go. For Maydank's benefit, I had walked up and
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: down in front of the doorway, keeping up a steady
• 21:37
  Speaker 3: stream of aimless conversation. And now I hoped that my
• 21:42
  Speaker 3: disappearance would not be noticed for the last minute or
• 21:45
  Speaker 3: so of our day. Oh, I couldn't.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: Stay as close as you can to the buildings. I
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: think you'll find it clear behind the town. Then you
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: can make a circle around. Head for Singaraja.
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: Mr.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: Malkovich, you better have my gun, just in case. Good luck.
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: Thank you, sir. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: So am I. Get help as quickly as you can, Cornelius.
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: Yes, sir. Now then, my dear. We must be very quiet.
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: Let me go first. Happily.
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: You meant not to sound.
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: Yes. I can see the Englishmen.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: They tied them up.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Only their hands, though. I can see the guards. I
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: have the next thought.
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: Waiting for a signal from Hedon. We've got to be
• 22:56
  Speaker 2: very fast, my dear.
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: That may be a little difficult for me, Curly. But
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: I try. What do you suggest?
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: Start firing the moment we step out into the street.
• 23:06
  Speaker 3: I assume the Englishmen will have the sense to warn.
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: Perhaps.
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: Perhaps we get as close as we can before they
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: see us. And then, without any shooting, we can accomplish
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: the same thing. I have an idea that without the others,
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: the guards might be inclined to be a little more peaceful.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: At any rate, we can try. If we have to, well,
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: we kill them. As we move out from the alleyway
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: behind the hut and shop, I felt as though my
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: legs were made of lead. The guards had their backs
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: to us. And then, of course, it had to be
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: one of the college boys who gave us away.
• 23:58
  Speaker 6: How did you know?
• 24:00
  Speaker 7: How did you know?
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: The baronies swirled around, and it was quite comical to
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: see their faces as they caught sight of us. They
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: were like children, caught with their hands in the tampons.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: And luckily for us, they did not make a sound,
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: simply dropped their swords and dashed off in the opposite
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: direction to Hermedan and his warriors who were waiting. I
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: took one last look at the stakes, the burning fire,
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: and then with all the torment of cowardice and fear
• 24:30
  Speaker 3: at my heels, I ran. We all ran for the
• 24:34
  Speaker 3: hills behind the town and the safety of Singaraja. Well,
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: the soldiers arrived, and that was the end to it.
• 24:56
  Speaker 3: Heavy to the open, Balinese uprising.
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: But there was still the question of what to do.
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: Maidan had to be dealt with, so did the Englishmen.
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: I talked it over with the governor and the English consulate.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Captain Rogan and.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: The communications were made with England, and the foreign secretary
• 25:16
  Speaker 3: and the Dutch home government. It was quite a problem. Then, finally,
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: it was Mr. Margaret who did the right thing.
• 25:26
  Speaker 4: As he said, it was a matter of conscience. Well,
• 25:29
  Speaker 4: it was my fault for the kibble, I realize that.
• 25:31
  Speaker 3: I mean, besides, they're donkeys in the temple.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Well, then.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: Well, you see, she was really a lovely little thing,
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: the lad.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: You know?
• 25:38
  Speaker 4: Yes. And since Madame feels that I shall let his
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: daughter's message on her, well, I suppose it could be
• 25:44
  Speaker 4: put to right, don't you know? I mean, it might
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: satisfy him to stay safe.
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: Isn't that what you said?
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: That is what I said. Yes, well, righto, then.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: I'll marry her. You will? Yes, yes, don't you see?
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: My people are disgustingly well off.
• 26:01
  Speaker 6: We can do it.
• 26:02
  Speaker 4: And then when I get home to England, we'll get
• 26:03
  Speaker 4: a divorce.
• 26:04
  Speaker 2: All very hush-hush, of course, because money will be absolutely furious.
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: And then I'll ship her back to see her daddy
• 26:09
  Speaker 3: in Medan, you see?
• 26:11
  Speaker 4: And she'll have so much money from the divorce settlement
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: that she can own half of Bali.
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: It might do. Well, after all it's very least I
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: can do. After all, you did save my life, and
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: I'm most terribly grateful. It might do. And then let's
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: put the other chaps in the clear, you see, and
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: then we can all go home. I will talk to
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: me then.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: I did.
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: I am to the governor and the British council and
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: finally me then, Dr.
• 26:49
  Speaker 4: Leland.
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: I think she was quite surprised, for she had no
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: idea what it was all about. And I am sure
• 26:57
  Speaker 3: she cared less, that being one of the delights of
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: the Balinese maidens, their ingenuousness. But she agreed to marry Mr.
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: Markridge if he insisted, which about put an end to
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: the matter. Maidang was a little touchy for the next
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: two months or so, and the governor thought it wiser
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: to close the Balinese port to tourist ships until things
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: calmed down. One rather odd thing, though, Maidang's daughter never
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: did return to Bali. Western civilization must have envied her immensely,
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: for she remained Mrs. Margaret's, and the last time I
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: heard from them... She's making a brilliant career for herself
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: as a ballet dancer. I'm the mother of twins. Under
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: the direction of Norman MacDonald, Escape has brought you A
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: Matter of Conscience by Anthony Ellis, starring Parley Bear.
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: Featured in the cast were Ben Wright and Harry Bartell,
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: with Jack Crucian.
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: John Daner, Don Diamond, and Terry Kilburn. Editorial supervision is
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: by John Meston, and the special music for Escape is
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: composed and conducted by Leith Stevens.
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: You are staggering across the blazing Sahara, your.
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: Body charred by the sun, while somewhere ahead of you,
• 28:45
  Speaker 5: lying in wait for you, is a tribe of natives,
• 28:50
  Speaker 5: ready to either make you their king.
• 28:54
  Speaker 6: Or kill you.
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: So listen next week, when Escape brings you Les Crutchfield's
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: exciting story, The Diary of a Madman.
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: Escape has concluded its January 18th, 1953 presentation of A
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: Matter of Conscience I. Good night, and thank you for
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: joining us.