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The Whistler - "His Own Reward" (Old Time Radio, 1951) · The Whistler | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: Bill Foreman is heard as the whistler in this CBS
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Speaker 1: West Coast broadcast, with Marvin Miller as announcer. From March 25th, 1951,
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Speaker 1: here is episode 460, His Own Reward. At a Washington party,
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Speaker 1: government official Arnold is concealing debts and professional resentments when
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Speaker 1: a mysterious visitor offers him money and influence, provided he
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Speaker 1: can secure an important appointment and accept a dangerous condition.
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Speaker 1: George Allen produced and directed this Signal Oil presentation, and
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Speaker 1: now we return to the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: And now, stay tuned for the program that has rated
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Speaker 2: tops in popularity for a longer period of time than
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Speaker 2: any other West Coast program in radio history. The Signal
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Speaker 2: Oil Program, The Whistler. Signal, the famous go-farther gasoline, invites
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Speaker 2: you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by
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Speaker 2: The Whistler.
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Speaker 3: I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for
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Speaker 3: I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
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Speaker 3: in the hearts of men and women who have stepped
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Speaker 3: into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
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Speaker 3: which they dare not speak.
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Speaker 2: And now for the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler's strange story,
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Speaker 2: his own reward.
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Speaker 3: It's a brilliant party, another social triumph for Peggy and Arnold.
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Speaker 3: The salon orchestra, prominent men, glittering women, diplomats, officers in uniform,
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Speaker 3: top-level government officials share the gay convivial atmosphere. Arnold, a
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Speaker 3: leading figure in government circles, a distinguished host, stands with
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Speaker 3: his wife Peggy as they talk to the guests. And
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Speaker 3: Arnold gives no outward sign of the inner tension that
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Speaker 3: twists within him.
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Speaker 5: Yes, it is a delightful party. Thoroughly delightful.
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Speaker 6: Oh, you're nice to.
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Speaker 7: Say so, Mr. Thompson. You're quite a catch, you know.
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Speaker 6: Every Capitol hostess hopes to snare the chief government investigator
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Speaker 6: for her party.
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Speaker 8: You see, Mr. Thompson, you've boosted my wife's stock as
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Speaker 8: a hostess at least 100%. Believe me, Arnold, it's my pleasure.
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Speaker 7: Oh, excuse me, will you? I think I see a
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Speaker 7: late arrival.
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Speaker 5: Yes, go right ahead.
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Speaker 8: Of course, Peggy. She's an amazing woman, Mr. Thompson. Parties
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Speaker 8: are her life's blood.
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Speaker 5: And she should be thriving.
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Speaker 8: And I'll soon be insolvent.
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Speaker 5: How are things going with you since your recent exoneration?
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Speaker 8: I'd prefer not to discuss the investigation. It's over and
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Speaker 8: done with. And fortunately, you were exonerated. But what I
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Speaker 8: ask you is how have things been going since then?
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Speaker 8: Since then, Mr. Thompson, my position has been status quo.
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Speaker 8: I have remained in the same job while two subordinates
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Speaker 8: have been promoted to positions which would have meant a
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Speaker 8: great deal to me.
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Speaker 5: Well, perhaps there are reasons for their appointments, Arnold. Reasons
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Speaker 5: you know nothing about.
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Speaker 9: Nonsense.
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Speaker 8: If I had it to do over again.
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Speaker 9: You'd do exactly as you're doing.
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Speaker 8: No, I wouldn't. Why should I sacrifice... In times like these, Arnold,
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Speaker 8: everyone must sacrifice. Times like these. I'm tired of that phrase.
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Speaker 3: Well.
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Speaker 5: I had no idea you felt as keenly as you do.
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Speaker 8: Well, it's just that... Oh, everything seems to have gone
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Speaker 8: wrong lately. I didn't really mean to take it out
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Speaker 8: on you, Mr. Thompson. You know how it is.
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Speaker 6: Oh, excuse me, dear, but there's a gentleman waiting to
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Speaker 6: see you in the study.
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Speaker 8: A gentleman? Who?
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Speaker 7: I really don't know, dear, but he.
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Speaker 6: Did say it was important. Try not to be long, dear.
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Speaker 6: Friends aren't due to play any moment now.
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Speaker 8: Friends aren't?
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Speaker 7: He's the musician I told you about.
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Speaker 8: Oh, yes, of course. Excuse me, Mr. Thompson. Of course, Arnold. Oh.
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Speaker 8: It's you, George. Is it your habit to appear at
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Speaker 8: private parties uninvited?
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Speaker 9: Hardly.
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Speaker 8: But you're becoming rather difficult to see these days, Arnold,
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Speaker 8: especially where your creditors are concerned. I'll talk with you tomorrow.
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Speaker 8: You talk with me tonight. But that's impossible, George. My guests...
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Speaker 8: Are very important people, I'm sure. That's why I suggested
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Speaker 8: we talk in private. You'd feel rather badly if any
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Speaker 8: of them happened to overhear us. What's so important that
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Speaker 8: it can't wait till tomorrow? These I owe you. I
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Speaker 8: told you I'd pay you next month. That was last month.
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Speaker 8: You've been telling me that for a long time. I
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Speaker 8: want the money now, before your other creditors move in.
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Speaker 8: Listen to me, George. In a few weeks, I'll have
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Speaker 8: enough to pay every dollar I owe and a great
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Speaker 8: deal more. You've said that before. But I've been planning
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Speaker 8: this deal for weeks. I'm so certain of it that... Well,
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Speaker 8: suppose I give you part of what I owe you
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Speaker 8: right now and the rest when I complete the deal. Well,
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Speaker 8: I suppose a pile of a loaf is better than none.
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Speaker 8: But I expect the remainder within 30 days. You'll have it.
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Speaker 3: Your words to George were not idle ones, were they, Arnold?
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Speaker 3: You do have plans, real plans. They involve risk, terrible risk.
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Speaker 3: But you decide the rewards are worth it. You remember
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Speaker 3: one man who told you he had connections which could
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Speaker 3: solve your problems for you, if you met the terms.
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Speaker 3: Risky terms, Arnold. But you find yourself thinking of them
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Speaker 3: during the remainder of the evening at the party. And
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Speaker 3: as the evening wears on, you become increasingly aware of Thompson,
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Speaker 3: the government investigator's presence. He disturbs you, doesn't he, Arnold?
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Speaker 3: But finally, the party is over. The guests have gone,
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Speaker 3: and you and Peggy are alone.
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Speaker 7: It was a good party, wasn't it, dear?
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Speaker 8: Yes, expensive, too, but everybody seemed to enjoy themselves.
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Speaker 6: Except the host. Oh, goodness, I almost forgot. Friends are
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Speaker 6: waiting in your study.
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Speaker 9: Who?
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Speaker 7: The musician, darling. I'm afraid he's waiting to be paid.
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Speaker 8: Must he be paid tonight?
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Speaker 7: Well, he did seem quite anxious.
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Speaker 8: All right, dear, I'll see him right now.
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Speaker 7: Don't be long.
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Speaker 8: I won't, Peggy.
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Speaker 9: Ah, good evening, sir.
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Speaker 8: You're Friendsart, I believe?
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Speaker 9: Yes, yes, I am.
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Speaker 8: About your fee, I'd prefer to reimburse you later, if
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Speaker 8: you don't mind, when all the bills for the party
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Speaker 8: come in. More business like that, where you know.
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Speaker 9: You are perhaps short of funds?
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Speaker 8: Now, see here, I won't stand.
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Speaker 9: Oh, forgive.
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Speaker 8: Me, sir.
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Speaker 9: Perhaps it will not be necessary to pay me any
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Speaker 9: fee at all. What? You see, I have the receipt
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Speaker 9: all ready for you.
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Speaker 8: I don't understand.
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Speaker 9: Oh, you will understand, sir. This evening has been my pleasure.
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Speaker 9: You will please accept this receipt. And I bid you
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Speaker 9: good night, sir.
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Speaker 8: If you are interested in talking with someone who appreciates
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Speaker 8: and admires your ability and is willing to Reward you
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Speaker 8: handsomely to secure it. Meet me at the Blue Lantern
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Speaker 8: tomorrow night at 11. Ask for John.
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Speaker 9: Engine wear, engine wear, engine wear.
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Speaker 3: Well, Arnold, the note the musician Frenzart handed you as
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Speaker 3: he left your party dovetails with previous suggestions which you've
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Speaker 3: been considering, doesn't it? And you're interested in talking to
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Speaker 3: anyone who appreciates and admires your ability and is willing
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Speaker 3: to reward you handsomely to security. Yes, for the moment
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Speaker 3: at least, you forget your frustrated ambitions, your heavy indebtedness.
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Speaker 3: But the man you're on your way to meet holds
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Speaker 3: out the promise of solving both these problems for you.
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Speaker 3: At 11 o'clock the following night, you enter the Blue
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Speaker 3: Lantern Inn to keep your appointment.
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Speaker 8: Help you, mister? Why, yes. I'm looking for a job.
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Speaker 10: Oh, sure.
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Speaker 8: Up those stairs. First door to the right. Thank you.
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Speaker 9: Who is it?
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Speaker 8: John?
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Speaker 9: You are very prompt. Will you come in, please? You!
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Speaker 10: You!
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Speaker 8: Friends are your John.
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Speaker 9: Names are not important. You may call me John. Please
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Speaker 9: sit down.
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Speaker 8: You are the one who wrote me the note?
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Speaker 9: Admiring your qualities and ability. Indeed, I am, Arnold. I've
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Speaker 9: heard a great deal about you from one of my associates.
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Speaker 8: So?
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Speaker 9: Yes, I have watched you for some time. I recognize
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Speaker 9: your brilliance, your ability. Yes, even your ambition.
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Speaker 8: That is good.
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Speaker 9: You're just the man we are looking for.
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Speaker 8: Go on, John.
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Speaker 9: It has distressed me to see such brilliance wasted, your
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Speaker 9: ability bypassed. I have seen your frustration grow.
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Speaker 8: I'm not sure I understand.
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Speaker 9: You, Arnold, and people like you are on the wrong
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Speaker 9: side of the fence. The position of your government is ill-advised.
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Speaker 9: No wonder you find it impossible to adjust yourself. You
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Speaker 9: belong with us.
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Speaker 8: Most Americans honestly believe in what they're fighting for.
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Speaker 9: Perhaps they do. But others, even friends of yours, realize
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Speaker 9: the folly of the American position.
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Speaker 8: I know. They've spoken to me about it.
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Speaker 9: These people are sure that your side cannot win. This ideal,
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Speaker 9: this freedom you are fighting for is just a mirage.
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Speaker 9: All the bloodshed, the suffering will have been for nothing.
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Speaker 8: Why are you so sure of this?
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Speaker 9: Because our manpower is unlimited.
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Speaker 8: Yours is limited.
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Speaker 9: And in the final analysis, our power will be the
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Speaker 9: deciding factor.
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Speaker 8: Perhaps you're right.
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Speaker 9: Believe me, Arnold, I am right. You're too brilliant a
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Speaker 9: man to waste your efforts on a losing cause that
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Speaker 9: has already cost thousands of young lives. By working with us,
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Speaker 9: you can help bring this unrest to an end, a
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Speaker 9: sure peace for generations to come. And above all, your
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Speaker 9: efforts will be appreciated and handsomely rewarded.
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Speaker 8: That will be a new experience at any rate, and
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Speaker 8: a pleasant one.
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Speaker 9: As I have pointed out, your government has shown how
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Speaker 9: little they appreciate you.
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Speaker 8: John, in your note, you mentioned that you would be
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Speaker 8: willing to.
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Speaker 9: To reward you handsomely. For one thing, I am prepared
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Speaker 9: to pay you $ 100, 000.
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Speaker 8: $ 100, 000.
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Speaker 9: And what do you expect of me? We are interested
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Speaker 9: in that installation north of New York.
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Speaker 8: But what can I do about that?
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Speaker 9: Oh, nothing. Until you become head of this installation. You
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Speaker 9: have already applied for the position, I believe.
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Speaker 8: Yes, yes, I have. I've contacted everyone I know who
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Speaker 8: might be able to help me get it, but so
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Speaker 8: far I've heard nothing.
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Speaker 9: Obviously, I cannot help you. You must get that appointment
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Speaker 9: any way you can. And if I shouldn't get it?
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Speaker 9: Then I'm afraid we cannot do business. I see. But
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Speaker 9: surely a man with your contacts can arrange this. I
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Speaker 9: will keep in touch with you, Arnold.
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Speaker 8: You redouble your efforts, don't you, Arnold?
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Speaker 3: Write more letters, see more people. in a supreme effort
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Speaker 3: to get that all-important appointment as head of.
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Speaker 9: The installation above New York.
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Speaker 3: John's evaluation of you, your brilliance, perception and ability, spurs
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Speaker 3: you on and conjures up bright dreams of position, power
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Speaker 3: and recognition. But the days go by and there is
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Speaker 3: no word of your appointment. Only occasional notes from John.
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Speaker 3: Carefully worded reminders that you must get it. One afternoon,
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Speaker 3: after another fruitless effort, you return home.
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Speaker 11: Is that you, Arnold?
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Speaker 8: Yes, Peggy.
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Speaker 6: Oh, if you would have arrived just five minutes earlier,
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Speaker 6: you could have helped me entertain a caller.
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Speaker 8: Really? Sorry, dear, I was held up.
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Speaker 7: Oh, you look tired, darling. Let's go in the study
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Speaker 7: and sit down.
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Speaker 5: All right.
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Speaker 8: Mr.
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Speaker 7: Thompson said to tell you hello. He said.
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Speaker 8: Thompson. He was here.
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Speaker 7: Yes, I told you we had a caller. Don't you
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Speaker 7: like Mr. Thompson, Arnold? You always react to him so strangely.
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Speaker 8: What did he want?
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Speaker 7: To visit, I guess. Heaven knows we chatted our heads off.
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Speaker 8: What about?
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Speaker 6: Oh, just friends, acquaintances in the government, that sort of thing. Oh,
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Speaker 6: he left a note for you.
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Speaker 8: A note? Where?
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Speaker 7: On the writing desk. What did he say?
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Speaker 8: Well, it just says, sorry to have missed you.
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Speaker 7: I told you it was nothing important.
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Speaker 8: Peggy, did he write the note here at the desk?
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Speaker 7: Yes, he did.
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Speaker 8: Why? Did he go through my papers?
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Speaker 7: Arnold, what on earth are you driving at?
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Speaker 8: Did he go through my papers here in the desk?
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Speaker 6: I really have no idea. I was called to the
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Speaker 6: door when he sat down to write the note. And
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Speaker 6: he'd finished when I came back.
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Speaker 3: As Peggy leaves the room, you begin a frantic search
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Speaker 3: through your papers in the desk. You must know if
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Speaker 3: Thompson has discovered anything incriminating against you. The several notes
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Speaker 3: from John are there, apparently undisturbed. But you can't be sure,
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Speaker 3: can you, Arnold? You're frightened, aren't you, Arnold? Desperately frightened.
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Speaker 3: And then.
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Speaker 8: Arnold.
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Speaker 7: Arnold, he's here.
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Speaker 8: Who's here?
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Speaker 7: The man you waited for, darling.
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Speaker 6: The man in government you said would decide whether or
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Speaker 6: not you got that appointment.
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Speaker 8: Oh, no.
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Speaker 5: Peggy, wait.
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Speaker 7: I can't wait. I'm sending him right in.
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Speaker 3: It's happened, hasn't it, Arnold? You're certain now that Thompson
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Speaker 3: was checking on you. That he found you out and
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Speaker 3: turned in his report... But you're trapped now, aren't you? Yes,
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Speaker 3: you want to run anywhere, but there isn't time. Suddenly,
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Speaker 3: your fear solidifies in cold, brazen bravado. And you know
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Speaker 3: you'll have to bluff it through.
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Speaker 8: I must say, Arnold, you've been hard to catch up with.
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Speaker 8: I'm sorry, sir. I... Won't you sit down?
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Speaker 5: Thanks, but my.
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Speaker 8: Business with you was brief. I see. Arnold, I'm pleased
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Speaker 8: to tell you that the appointment is yours. My heartiest congratulations. I...
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Speaker 8: The appointment? Yes. One of the most important of our time.
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Speaker 8: That installation above New York is our most vital project. Yes,
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Speaker 8: so I understand. This new appointment places immense power and
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Speaker 8: responsibility for our future security. In your hand. If you
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Speaker 8: only knew what this means to me, sir. Just do
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Speaker 8: the job you're capable of and you'll never be forgotten.
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Speaker 4: The End.
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Speaker 8: You're stunned with surprise, aren't you, Arnold?
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Speaker 3: You can hardly believe the appointment is yours. Events move
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Speaker 3: quickly now. You're soon established in your new office in
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Speaker 3: complete control of that important installation, just the way you've planned.
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Speaker 3: And as soon as it seems safe, you arrange to
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Speaker 3: meet again with John at a secluded spot in the country.
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Speaker 3: You are to be congratulated, Arnold. You are now in
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Speaker 3: a position to accomplish our purposes.
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Speaker 8: I am also in a position to lose everything, and
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Speaker 8: I have more to lose than I had the last
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Speaker 8: time we talked.
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Speaker 9: Yet you got in touch with me. I must presume
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Speaker 9: that our offer still interests you. Position, money, you will
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Speaker 9: go much farther with us.
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Speaker 8: Suppose something goes wrong.
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Speaker 9: Nothing will go wrong.
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Speaker 8: You might be caught, and if information about the installations
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Speaker 8: were found on you, I would be suspected too.
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Speaker 9: Suppose you are. By the time it is discovered, you
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Speaker 9: will have changed your address. Arrangements have already been made
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Speaker 9: for your transfer once your end of the deal is completed.
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Speaker 8: And the money? When am I to be paid?
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Speaker 9: Fifty thousand dollars when you give me information that will
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Speaker 9: enable my men to get inside the place. You'll get
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Speaker 9: the remainder when the final steps succeed.
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Speaker 8: You have the money with you?
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Speaker 9: Fifty thousand, yes. Now, just how do you plan to
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Speaker 9: get our men inside the installation?
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Speaker 8: Easily. I'll show you. Here. You see, by simply transferring
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Speaker 8: some men....
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Speaker 3: You've made your choice, haven't you, Arnold? Now you will
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Speaker 3: have money, power, and recognition. All the things you've schemed for.
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Speaker 3: After your interview with the all-powerful John, you return to
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Speaker 3: your office, confident, complacent. Sitting at your desk, you are
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Speaker 3: totally unaware of an event that takes place only a
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Speaker 3: few miles away. An event that will reshape your entire life.
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Speaker 10: Just a moment, you!
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Speaker 12: Hold it!
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Speaker 10: Hold it!
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Speaker 5: I'll shoot it! He's inside somewhere.
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Speaker 8: We'll find him. Come on. Yes?
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Speaker 5: You didn't think you could give us a slip, did you?
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Speaker 9: I wasn't trying to.
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Speaker 8: Then why'd you run?
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Speaker 9: I wasn't certain.
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Speaker 7: Who you were.
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Speaker 5: You mean you were certain.
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Speaker 8: Give me that briefcase. Take off your coat.
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Speaker 5: Now your shoes. Hey, never mind the shoes, Dave. Look
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Speaker 5: what's in his briefcase. Where'd you get these papers?
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Speaker 9: Oh, please, gentlemen, you don't expect me to divulge.
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Speaker 8: These plans could have come from only one of two
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Speaker 8: or three sources.
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Speaker 9: Is that so?
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Speaker 11: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: Only two or three people could have got a hold
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Speaker 5: of these.
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Speaker 9: You seem to have the answers.
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Speaker 8: You're under arrest. We'll soon make sure who's selling us out.
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Speaker 9: Yes, Arnold.
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Speaker 3: Had you known that the man who provided you with $ 50, 000,
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Speaker 3: who promised so much in the future, had been captured
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Speaker 3: and tacitly admitted his connection with you, you'd have been
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Speaker 3: in a far different mood, wouldn't you? It's nearly midnight
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Speaker 3: when you learn that he who deals.
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Speaker 9: In betrayals is quite apt to be betrayed.
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Speaker 8: Excuse me, sir. I hate to disturb you, but this
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Speaker 8: is important. Yes, what is it? It's rumor, but there
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Speaker 8: seems to be weight behind it. I understand we've captured
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Speaker 8: a spy.
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Speaker 9: A spy?
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Speaker 11: When?
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Speaker 5: Just a little while ago, as I understand it.
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Speaker 8: Somewhere out in the country. Anyone with him?
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Speaker 3: No, he was alone, allegedly carrying the complete plans of
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Speaker 3: this installation.
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Speaker 8: I see. Um, where is he now? In custody. I'll
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Speaker 8: get the full details to you as soon as possible. Yes, yes,
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Speaker 8: do that. It's a real break for us, capturing him.
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Speaker 8: Isn't it? Yes, of course it is. A great break.
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Speaker 3: Fear, panic explodes inside of you, doesn't it, Arnold? If
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Speaker 3: it's true, if John has been captured, then all your
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Speaker 3: scheming and plotting may have been in vain. You realize
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Speaker 3: you must move and move fast.
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Speaker 8: You.
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Speaker 3: Need time as you've never needed it before.
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Speaker 8: You rush home.
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Speaker 7: What's the matter, dear?
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Speaker 8: Peggy, we've got to get out of here.
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Speaker 7: What do you mean?
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Speaker 8: Get your coat. We've got to hurry.
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Speaker 7: What have you done?
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Speaker 8: Look, Peggy, there isn't time. Now we can talk later,
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Speaker 8: but what I did, I did for you as well
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Speaker 8: as myself. Now we'll have money, power, position, Peggy, everything
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Speaker 8: we've wanted.
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Speaker 7: And just where will we go, Arnold?
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Speaker 8: And how? It's all arranged, Peggy. We're leaving the country.
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Speaker 9: Peggy!
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Speaker 8: I wonder who that is.
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Speaker 7: You'll have to answer it.
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Speaker 9: No, wait.
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Speaker 8: Yes, I guess you're right. I'll get it. I knew
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Speaker 8: you'd want this right away, sir. Oh, of course. Come in.
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Speaker 8: I've got confirmation that the spy's been captured. I thought
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Speaker 8: you'd want to go down and question the prisoner personally.
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Speaker 8: I think I shall. Yes, I think I shall. That'll
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Speaker 8: be all.
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Speaker 10: Yes, sir.
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Speaker 8: Peggy. Peggy, do you know what this means? We can
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Speaker 8: make it now. We can escape. They'll do nothing for
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Speaker 8: several hours. By the time they begin to wonder what's
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Speaker 8: delayed me, we'll be far away. Peggy will be set
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Speaker 8: for the rest of our lives.
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Speaker 12: The End.
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Speaker 9: Engine wear, engine wear, engine wear.
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Speaker 3: Yes, Arnold, as you promised Peggy, things went smoothly. And
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Speaker 3: as John had promised you, your escape from America was
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Speaker 3: accomplished with amazing ease. In new places, among new faces,
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Speaker 3: you lose track of time. Power, money, all the things
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Speaker 3: you thought would satisfy you come your way. Then in
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Speaker 3: the midst of your new surroundings... The decay.
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Speaker 9: Slowly sets in.
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Speaker 3: You and Peggy are not accepted by your new associates.
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Speaker 3: It's not what you anticipated, is it, Hans? Weeks and
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Speaker 3: months pass in loneliness, heartache, and despair. Then one evening,
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Speaker 3: sitting alone with Peggy, an idea hits you. One of
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Speaker 3: Peggy's famous parties will again provide the solution to your problem. Yes,
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Speaker 3: you're certain you can count on Peggy, aren't you? You
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Speaker 3: make the plan, send out the invitation, spare no expense.
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Speaker 3: On the night of the party, you stand in the
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Speaker 3: reception hall, listening to the final strains of a carefully
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Speaker 3: chosen musical number, executed by the famous orchestra you engaged
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Speaker 3: for the evening.
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Speaker 9: Do you wish us to play any longer?
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Speaker 10: No.
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Speaker 8: I'm sure there will be no further occasion for music.
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Speaker 5: I'm sorry.
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Speaker 9: We will be glad.
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Speaker 8: No. You may consider yourselves dismissed. There are no further charges. No, sir.
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Speaker 9: You gave me the fee when we arrived.
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Speaker 8: I'm sorry. That's quite all right. Good night. Good night.
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Speaker 7: What went wrong, dear?
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Speaker 8: Nothing, Peggy. It just happened, that's all.
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Speaker 7: I planned the party so carefully... Every tiny detail.
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Speaker 8: It wasn't your fault. Everything was perfect.
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Speaker 9: But.
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Speaker 7: But no one came.
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Speaker 8: No. No one.
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Speaker 7: What are we going to do?
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Speaker 5: I don't know.
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Speaker 8: It's horrible. No matter where I go, what I do,
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Speaker 8: people look at me as much as to say, Traitor,
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Speaker 8: it isn't fair. Isn't it?
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Speaker 12: No.
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Speaker 8: I suppose it is. But it's getting worse and worse.
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Speaker 8: I can't sleep at night. All I can hear is, Traitor...
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Speaker 8: Sometimes when you look at me, I can even hear
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Speaker 8: you saying it within yourself.
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Speaker 9: Traitor.
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Speaker 8: I can't stand it. As long as I live, I'll
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Speaker 8: hear it.
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Speaker 11: Traitor.
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Speaker 9: Traitor.
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Speaker 8: Traitor.
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Speaker 12: Traitor.
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Speaker 8: Traitor. I can't stand it, Peggy. I can't stand it. Traitor.
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Speaker 12: Traitor.
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Speaker 2: Many of you have undoubtedly recognized tonight's Whistler story was
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Speaker 2: based on the events in the life of America's arch traitor,
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Speaker 2: Benedict Arnold. The Signal Oil Company invites your comment on
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Speaker 2: tonight's program. In presenting this fictional dramatization, it has been
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Speaker 2: our hope that we may have helped to underline the
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Speaker 2: dangers in the many isms being offered today. Isms which
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Speaker 2: make their appeal to well-meaning but misguided people, and which
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Speaker 2: have as their real purpose the undermining of the way
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Speaker 2: of life which has built America into the greatest nation
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Speaker 2: on earth.
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Speaker 4: Firmly with faith in the right, here will.
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Speaker 11: We stand, God our only confessor. Here on the shores
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Speaker 11: that to freedom were born. America, America, America.
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Speaker 12: America, live.
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Speaker 9: On.
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Speaker 10: Here on the shores. that to freedom were born. Grant us, Lord,
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Speaker 10: the courage and the strength of righteousness.
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Speaker 4: Here on the shore, that to freedom were born. Worthy
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Speaker 4: of this land.
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Speaker 12: Thou hast chosen to bless Worthy with faith in the.
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Speaker 4: Right Here will we stand, God our only confessor. Here
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Speaker 4: on the shores.
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Speaker 11: That to freedom were born.
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Speaker 12: America, America, America. America, live on.
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