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MACRUNE'S GUEVARA  $
03 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , WELL AWARE AS I AM HOW UNUSUAL IT
IS FOR AN AUTHOR TO APPEAR ON STAGE , LET ALONE IN ADVANCE O
F HIS OWN WORK , MAY I BE ALLOWED TO PLEAD TWO EXTENUATING C
IRCUMSTANCES ? $
IN THE FIRST PLACE , I AM ONLY PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I
S TO FOLLOW . $
LEAVING ASIDE MY BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED CAST , WITHOUT WHOSE
 BEAUTY AND TALENT ... THE REAL AUTHOR IS , OF COURSE , MACR
UNE . $
IN THE SECOND PLACE , THE PECULIAR NATURE OF THE EVENT - I H
ESITATE TO CALL IT A PLAY - DOES , I THINK , CALL FOR A LITT
LE EXPLANATION . $
I LIE . $
IT CALLS FOR VOLUMES . $
I HOPE IN THE YEARS TO COME IT WILL RECEIVE ITS DUE . $
HOWEVER , FOR THE PRESENT , THE MEREST SKIMMING ... $
TO BEGIN WITH , OUR AUTHOR , THE AMAZING MACRUNE . $
WHO WAS MACRUNE ? $
HE WAS A PAINTER . $
HE LIVED , LATTERLY , IN THIS VERY STUDIO AND HE DIED LAST A
PRIL OF PNEUMONIA , COMPLICATED BY MALNUTRITION . $
WE KNOW NEXT TO NOTHING OF HIS LIFE . $
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN OF MIXED SCOTTISH AND IRISH ANCESTRY ,
 HE WAS BORN IN TORQUAY ... $
WHAT DID HE PAINT ? $
THAT IS THE RUB . $
HAD MACRUNE DIED THE SUMMER BEFORE LAST INSTEAD OF LAST APRI
L , WE WOULD HAVE SAID - EXCEPT THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN N
O OCCASION FOR US TO HAVE SAID IT - THAT HE PAINTED FLOWER A
RRANGEMENTS , PUB-SIGNS AND PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE DERIV
ED FROM THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS AS REPRODUCED IN THE NEWSPAPER . $
LET US BE PERFECTLY FRANK ABOUT THIS : HIS WORK IN THESE GEN
RES WAS PRIMITIVE , NOT TO SAY CRUDE , AND COULD HAVE HAD LI
TTLE APPEAL FOR ART-LOVERS , EVEN IF THEY HAD KNOWN OF HIS E
XISTENCE . $
BUT FEW PEOPLE DID KNOW OF HIS EXISTENCE - HIS LANDLADY , A
DISTANT RELATIVE IN OBAN , THE ODD OFFICIAL AT THE NATIONAL
ASSISTANCE BOARD , AS IT THEN WAS , AND THE SPARSE BAND OF H
IS CUSTOMERS . $
I PERSONALLY KNEW NOTHING OF HIS EXISTENCE UNTIL AFTER HIS D
EATH . $
THAT SAD EVENT OCCURED , AS I 'VE MENTIONED , IN APRIL . $
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MAY IT SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS LOOKING O
UT FOR NEW QUARTERS , AND THAT WAS HOW I FIRST SET EYES ON T
HIS ROOM . $
TAKING AN INSTANT FANCY TO THE PLACE I CLOSED WITH THE LANDL
ADY ON THE SPOT . $
ONLY THEN DID SHE DRAW MY ATTENTION TO THE WALLS , EXPLAININ
G THAT SHE WAS SORRY THEY WERE NOT YET REPAINTED - SHE HAD M
ADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO BE DONE AND IF I HAD COME IN A
WEEK'S TIME , ETC ... $
WELL , WHAT , APART FROM THE NORMAL ACCUMULATION OF GRIME ,
THE YELLOWING PAINT AND HERE AND THERE THE PEELING PLASTER ,
 WAS WRONG WITH THE WALLS ? $
THOSE WALLS , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , THOSE PERFECTLY ORDINAR
Y BLANK WALLS , HAD BEEN COVERED - INCH BY INCH - WITH WORK
, MACRUNE'S WORK , WORK OF MACRUNE'S FINAL AND MOST ASTONISH
ING PERIOD . $
WHAT , THEN , HAD HE LEFT US , THIS AMAZING OLD MAN , THIS M
ICHELANGELO OF PRIMROSE HILL ? $
A VAST DESIGN , AN UNFINISHED SISTINE CHAPEL , A SPIDER'S WE
B OF MIRACULOUS COMPLEXITY , REPLETE WITH DETAIL OF POTENTIA
LLY QUITE STAGGERING BEAUTY AND ORIGINALITY ; DRAWINGS , SKE
TCHES , QUIET CONVERSATION PIECES AND PANORAMIC VISTAS , INT
IMATE GROUPINGS AND VIOLENT LANDSCAPES ; MORE THAN THAT , NO
TES ABOUT COLOUR AND CONTRAST , SLOGANS , SECTIONS OF DIALOG
UE , STATEMENTS OF FAITH , EXPLANATIONS , DIRECT SPEECH CONT
AINED IN WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS CARTOONISTS' BALLOONS ;
 IN SHORT , THE LAST ( BOLIVIAN ) CAMPAIGN OF THE ARGENTINIA
N GUERRILLERO , CHE GUEVARA , AS SEEN - NO , LET US SAY , EN
VISIONED BY - AND WHY BE AFRAID TO CRY IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS
- ONE OF THE FEW INDUBITABLE ARTISTIC GENIUSES OF OUR TIME .
 $
IN A WORD - A MASTERPIECE . $
AND THE WHOLE THING , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , EXECUTED IN PEN
CIL . $
HB . $
FOR SEVERAL WEEKS I RACKED MY BRAINS FOR A WAY OF REALISING
MACRUNE'S MASTERPIECE . $
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND , OF COURSE , THAT IT IS NOT IN ITSELF R
EALLY THERE ; OR ONLY PARTLY THERE . $
WE CAN FOLLOW THE LINES , SOME OF THE WRITING , THE OUTLINES
 OF THE FIGURES , THE ROUGH COMPOSITION OF GROUPINGS , SOME
OF THE GENERAL DESIGN , BUT ONLY WITH THE UTMOST DIFFICULTY
. $
IT IS ALL SO FAINT , SO VERY MUCH MISSING AT SO MANY CRUCIAL
 POINTS . $
IT IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DISTINGUISH MACRUNE'S OWN HANDIWORK
 FROM WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXISTING MARK , OR EVEN A CRACK
, ON THE PLASTER . $
NO , ITS WHOLE ESSENCE IS THE IDEA , NOT JUST THE GENERAL ID
EA , BUT THE DETAILED DONNEES , THE SPARKS IT STRIKES IN THE
 BEHOLDER , THE EXTRAORDINARY JUXTAPOSITION OF WHAT MAY OR M
AY NOT BE REFERENCES ... AND SO ON AND SO FORTH . $
I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN A FULL CRITIQUE . $
IT WAS AT ONCE CLEAR TO ME THAT IT WAS A MASTERPIECE . $
BUT WOULD IT , I ASKED MYSELF , BE CLEAR TO ANYONE ELSE ? $
CERTAINLY THE LANDLADY THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT . $
I INVITED VARIOUS FRIENDS IN TO SEE IT - HIGHLY EDUCATED , H
IGHLY TALENTED , HIGHLY THOUGHT-OF PEOPLE , MANY OF THEM EXP
ERTS IN ARTISTIC FIELDS , CRITICS , ACADEMICS , DEALERS , ET
C . $
NONE OF THEM THOUGHT ANYTHING OF IT . $
THE PLAIN TRUTH WAS THAT I AND I ALONE WAS ABLE TO APPRECIAT
E WHAT MACRUNE HAD LEFT BEHIND . $
I SAY THIS , I HASTEN TO ADD , NOT IN ANY WAY TO SET MYSELF
UP OVER MY FELLOWS , BUT SIMPLY TO EXPLAIN WHY THE EVENT YOU
 ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS TAKES THE FORM IT DOES . $
I DECIDED THAT MACRUNE'S MASTERPIECE MUST BE INTERPRETED , R
EALISED , AND HAPPENING AS I DO TO BE A TILLER IN THE LITERA
RY FIELD , I DECIDED THAT IT MUST BE REALISED IN DRAMATIC ,
IN PLASTIC , IN ANIMATED TERMS . $
I GATHERED A SELECT GROUP OF SUITABLE - MORE THAN SUITABLE -
 PERFORMERS AND WE SET TO WORK . $
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THE RESULT AMOUNTS TO A COMPILATION . $
THE BASIS , THE GREAT FIRST CAUSER , THE ROCK UPON WHICH WE
STAND , IS MACRUNE . $
BUT UPON THAT BASIS I HAVE ERECTED A SCAFFOLDING OF SUPPOSIT
IONS , GLOSSES , EXPANSIONS AND EVEN THE EDITED RECORDS OF S
OME OF OUR WORKING DISCUSSIONS . $
PLEASE NOTE , HOWEVER , THAT NOTHING HERE IS IMPROVISED . $
NOTHING AT ALL . $
MUCH MAY BE THE DIRECT RESULT OF IMPROVISATION , BUT IT HAS
ALL BEEN GIVEN FINAL SHAPE BY ME . $
SO , IN THAT YOU DISCERN THE LINES OF A MASTER-HAND , PRAISE
 MACRUNE , BUT IN THAT YOU DISTASTE THE FLESH , THE SUPERSTR
UCTURE , LAY IT AT MY DOOR . $
THANK YOU . $
ONE LAST THING , FORGIVE ME . $
MACRUNE , THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT , FELT FOR HIS SUBJECT - CHE
 GUEVARA - SOMETHING AKIN TO IDOLATRY . $
I SUSPECT THAT MACRUNE , WHO BEGAN AS AN ORTHODOX MARXIST ,
HAD BECOME BY THE END , THOUGH WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING THE DI
FFERENCE , AN EXPONENT OF ARMED REVOLUTION IN THE THIRD WORL
D . $
NOW I MYSELF SUPPORT AND WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHED
 AUTHORITY IN A COUNTRY , WHATEVER THAT MAY BE . $
FOR ME , ORDER COMES FIRST AND THEORIES , IDEOLOGIES A LONG
WAY AFTERWARDS . $
I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A KEEN SUPPORTER OF PRESIDENT B
ARRIENTOS AND HIS REGIME , HAD I BEEN BORN A BOLIVIAN . $
HOWEVER , MY DIFFERENCE WITH MACRUNE ON THIS MATTER OF POLIT
ICAL ALLEGIANCE IS NOT AT ALL GERMANE . $
AS AN ARTIST HE HAS PASSED BEYOND SUCH TEMPORARY TRIVIA AND
IT IS AS AN ARTIST THAT I SALUTE HIM AND THAT I HOPE TO WIN
FOR HIM YOUR SALUTES . $
THANK YOU . $
04 CHE ! $
02 AT THIS MOMENT ... POST OF MINISTER , MY RANK OF MAJOR ,
AND MY CUBAN CITIZENSHIP ... MODEST EFFORTS ... AGAINST IMPE
RIALISM WHEREVER ... $
PATRIA O MUERTE ! $
04 YOU 'RE POSITIVE IT IS THE GHOST OF MARX ? $
03 IT 'S RECOGNISABLY MARX AND SINCE HE DIED IN 1883 , IT CA
N ONLY BE HIS GHOST . $
04 TO MY EYES IT COULD EQUALLY WELL BE AN OLD TESTAMENT PROP
HET . $
03 IN THE CONTEXT IT 'S MORE LIKELY TO BE MARX . $
02 SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME DIALOGUE BETWEEN THEM , SINCE THE
Y 'RE ONLY TOGETHER ON THIS ONE OCCASION ? $
03 NO . $
THE SCENE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF . $
MARX IS SENDING CHE TO BOLIVIA , AND CHE IS WRITING HIS LETT
ER OF RESIGNATION TO FIDEL CASTRO . $
04 WOULDN'T THIS BE A GOOD MOMENT FOR A SHORT RESUME OF MARX
ISM ? $
03 TOO BORING . $
04 BUT COUCHED IN THE FORM OF AN ARGUMENT . $
AFTER ALL , CHE WAS NOT AN ORTHODOX MARXIST . $
MARX MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO LEVEL A FEW REPROACHES , SCORE A F
EW POINTS . $
03 WE 'RE NOT INTERESTED IN MARX . $
HE 'S SERVED HIS TURN . $
04 BACK TO HIGHGATE CEMETERY . $
07 SHOULDN'T CHE HAVE PAID MORE ATTENTION TO THE GHOST ? $
I MEAN , SHIVERED - AT THE VERY LEAST ? $
03 NO . $
CHE IS A MAN WITHOUT FEAR , AND BESIDES THE GHOST IS NO MORE
 THAN SYMBOLIC . $
04 I STILL DON'T THINK WE GOT THE MOST OUT OF THAT GHOST . $
03 WE 'LL DO THE SCENE AGAIN . $
04 BUT I REALLY FEEL WE 'RE LOSING SOMETHING HERE . $
THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS . $
THIS SCENE COULD GO ON FOR EVER , IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT . $
03 VERY TRUE . $
BUT LOOKED AT FROM THE OTHER POINT OF VIEW , IT 'S A TOTALLY
 SPARE SCENE . $
CHE TURNS UP IN BOLIVIA . $
FAIR ENOUGH . $
DOES IT MATTER WHAT GAVE HIM THE IDEA ? $
04 I SHOULD CUT IT , IF YOU FEEL THAT WAY . $
03 AS WE HAVE IT , IT 'S THE OPTIMUM LENGTH . $
IT MAKES ITS POINT , BUT IT DOESN'T GET ON ANYBODY'S WICK .
$
WE 'LL DO THE SCENE AGAIN. $
02 WITH A LETTER ? $
03 WITHOUT . $
WE CAN TAKE THE LETTER AS READ . $
04 CHE ! $
03 I SHOULD LIKE , IN THIS SCENE , TO MAKE ONE OR TWO REFERE
NCES TO ' AS YOU LIKE IT ' . $
I 'M THINKING OF THE BANISHED DUKE AND HIS FOLLOWERS IN THE
FOREST OF ARDEN . $
07 YOU SAID THAT THE WHOLE SCENE SHOULD BE RATHER TRASHY . $
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT ? $
03 EXACTLY WHAT I SAID . $
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO PUT ACROSS IS A GROUP OF BANDITS IN TH
E MIDDLE OF A SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE , HAVING AN ORGY . $
BUT IT MUST BE SECOND-HAND . $
WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT MACRUNE EVER MET A BANDIT , EVER SE
T FOOT IN A JUNGLE , LEAST OF ALL IN SOUTH AMERICA , OR EVER
 WITNESSED , LET ALONE TOOK PART IN , AN ORGY . $
02 WHAT YOU 'RE ASKING FOR IS A SCENE FROM AN AMERICAN MUSIC
AL ? $
03 PRECISELY . $
14 WOMAN , WOMAN , WOMAN WOMAN , WOMAN WOMAN , WOMAN , WOMAN
 WOMAN , OLE . $
15 WOMAN , WOMAN OLE . $
14 A MAN , A MAN , A MAN A MAN , A MAN A MAN , A MAN , A MAN
 A MAN , OLE $
15 A MAN , A MAN OLE . $
14 A MAN AND A WOMAN WOMAN AND MAN A MAN AND A WOMAN AAAAAAA
AAH ! $
15 WOMAN AND MAN AAAAAAAAAH ! $
12 MORE WOOD ON THE FIRE . $
13 MORE MONEY ON THE CARDS . $
05 MORE MONEY ON THE DICE . $
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13 GIVE ME MORE TO DRINK . $
12 MORE , MORE , I PRITHEE , MORE . $
05 ANOTHER STANZO . $
11 COMRADES ! $
16 AH ! $
11 COMRADES , ARE YOU ALL ENJOYING YOURSELF ? $
16 AH ! $
11 DIDN'T I TELL YOU THIS IS A GOOD LIFE ? $
BACK IN LA PAZ WHEN MANY OF YOU WERE TAXI-DRIVERS , DID I NO
T SAY YOU WERE LIVING LIKE DOGS ? $
17 AH ! $
11 AND BACK IN CATAVI , WHEN MANY OF YOU WERE TIN-MINERS , W
ERE YOU NOT LIVING LIKE DOGS ? $
18 AH ! $
11 THEN YOU WERE EXPLOITED , BUT NOW YOU ARE GUERRILLEROS .
$
THE LIFE OF A GUERRILLERO IS A GOOD LIFE . $
IT IS A FREE LIFE , A LIFE OF PLEASURE , WHERE A MAN IS A MA
N . $
NOW WE ARE PREPARING OURSELVES , BUT WHEN THE TIME IS RIPE ,
 WE SHALL STRIKE . $
WE SHALL STRIKE WHEN THE IRON IS HOT . $
AND THEN ALL BOLIVIANS WILL BE FREE . $
12 WHAT ? $
BARRIENTOS ? $
11 NOT BARRIENTOS , NO . $
BARRIENTOS WILL BE DEAD . $
16 DEAD ! $
11 BUT ALL OTHER BOLIVIANS WILL BE FREE . $
13 WHAT ? $
THE FRIENDS OF BARRIENTOS ? $
11 NOT THE FRIENDS OF BARRIENTOS , NO . $
THE FRIENDS OF BARRIENTOS WILL BE DEAD . $
16 DEAD ! $
11 BUT ALL OTHER BOLIVIANS WILL BE FREE . $
16 FREE ! $
13 WE SHALL OVERCOME ! $
16 WE SHALL OVERCOME ! $
13 PATRIA O MUERTE THIS IS THE LIFE FOR ME BUENA ES LA SUERT
E BOLIVIA SHALL BE FREE . $
16 ( REPEAT ) $
13 SI , BUENA ES LA SUERTE THE SOLDIERS SHALL BE SHOT PATRIA
 O MUERTE AND WE 'LL TAKE WHAT THEY 'VE GOT . $
16 ( REPEAT ) $
13 PATRIA O MUERTE WHO IS TALKING OF FEAR ? $
BUENA ES LA SUERTE THE REVOLUTION 'S HERE . $
16 ( REPEAT ) $
13 BUENA ES LA SUERTE THE JUNGLE GROWS ITS FLOWERS . $
PATRIA O MUERTE BOLIVIA SHALL BE OURS . $
16 ( REPEAT ) $
05 FILTHY TIN-MINER ! $
12 FILTHY TAXI-DRIVER ! $
05 UNSPEAKABLE DIGGER ! $
12 UNMENTIONABLE DRIVER ! $
05 UNDERGROUND SOD ! $
12 FOUR-WHEELED SLOB ! $
05 DIRTY-FACED GRUB ! $
12 POT-BELLIED CHAUFFEUR ! $
05 EARTHWORM ! $
12 CABBIE ! $
10 COME INTO THE BUSHES , BEAUTIFUL ! $
01 I AM AFRAID OF THE SNAKES . $
10 COME BY THE RIVER , GREASY-FACE . $
01 I AM AFRAID OF THE ALLIGATORS . $
10 COME UP INTO A TREE , HOT-FEET . $
01 I AM AFRAID OF THE PUMAS . $
10 WHERE ELSE , BIG THIGHS ? $
01 RIGHT HERE , RAMROD . $
I 'M NOT AFRAID OF MEN . $
13 TAXI-DRIVERS ! $
12 TIN-MINERS ! $
11 CHE . $
16 CHE , CHE , CHE . $
02 WHERE ARE YOUR SENTRIES ? $
02 DISCIPLINE IS ESSENTIAL . $
THE SOLDIERS SHOULD SLEEP AND WAKE AT FIXED HOURS . $
THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO IDLE THEIR TIME AWAY AT GAMES
. $
ALCOHOL IS FORBIDDEN . $
NO FIRES ARE TO BE LIT WHICH MIGHT GIVE AWAY THE GUERRILLA P
OSITION . $
02 IN ORDER TO BECOME A TRUE CRUSADER , THE GUERRILLA FIGHTE
R'S BEHAVIOUR MUST BE MORALLY IMPECCABLE . $
AND HE MUST EXERCISE STRICT SELF-CONTROL . $
07 HE MUST BE ASCETIC . $
02 MEN WHO ARE DEDICATED IN THIS WAY MUST HAVE AN IDEAL , ON
E THAT IS CLEAR , SIMPLE AND WORTH DYING FOR . $
07 FARM LABOURERS ARE MOTIVATED BY THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR O
WN LAND AND TO ENJOY FAIR SOCIAL TREATMENT . $
05 INDUSTRIAL WORKERS BY THE RIGHT TO A JOB , A DECENT WAGE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE . $
02 WITH STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS , THE IDEAL IS MOR
E ABSTRACT ; FOR INSTANCE , FREEDOM . $
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01 A GUERRILLA CALLED GUEVARA WAS CLINGING TO A TREE I SAID
: ' HOW 'S YOUR FATHER ? $
WHAT 'S IN IT FOR ME ? ' $
HE REPLIED : ' DON'T BE A BOUNDER IT 'S ESSENTIAL TO BE FREE
 . ' $
AT WHICH I LEFT THE GROUNDA AND JOINED HIM IN THE TREE . $
19 IF THERE IS NO BARBER , NEVER MIND . $
IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH COOKS , ANY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY MA
Y BE ASSIGNED TO THE PREPARATION OF FOOD . $
20 WOULDN'T YOU SAY THAT THIS WAS RATHER OBSCURE ? $
03 NO . $
ENIGMATIC . $
20 WHAT 'S THE DIFFERENCE ? $
03 IT 'S NOT DIFFICULT TO FIND MEANINGS IN IT . $
THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHICH MEANING YOU PREFER ? $
20 AND WHICH MEANING DO YOU ? $
03 THERE IS NO OFFICIAL VERSION . $
TO EVERY MAN HIS OWN INTERPRETATION . $
20 BUT AREN'T YOU TRYING TO SAY ONE THING RATHER THAN ANOTHE
R ? $
03 CERTAINLY NOT . $
I AM IMPLACABLY OPPOSED TO ALL FORMS OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN
THE ARTS . $
20 BUT SHOULDN'T ART COMMUNICATE ? $
03 THAT QUESTION RAISES SEVERAL ISSUES , ALL IRRELEVANT . $
IN THE FIRST PLACE , THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE ART ; IN THE SEC
OND PLACE , IT MAY OR MAY NOT COMMUNICATE . $
IF IT IS ART , BUT FAILS TO COMMUNICATE , THEN YOUR ORIGINAL
 PROPOSITION IS IPSO FACTO INCORRECT . $
IF IT 'S NOT ART AND FAILS TO COMMUNICATE , YOUR PROPOSITION
IS STILL UNPROVEN . $
IF IT 'S NOT ART , BUT DOES COMMUNICATE , WHAT ARE YOU WORRI
ED ABOUT ? $
AND IF IT IS ART AND DOES COMMUNICATE , WE 'RE LAUGHING . $
20 SUPPOSE WE FIND NO MEANING IN IT AT ALL ? $
03 SUPPOSE THAT . $
IT 'S QUITE POSSIBLE , INDEED PROBABLE . $
20 WHAT WOULD BE THE POINT OF IT , IF IT HAD NO MEANING ? $
03 THERE MIGHT BE NO POINT IN IT . $
20 SO WE COULD EASILY DO WITHOUT IT ? $
03 OH , EASILY . $
20 WHY DON'T WE ? $
03 WE COULD EQUALLY WELL DO WITHOUT IT , IF IT DID HAVE A PO
INT . $
WE DO WITHOUT THINGS THAT HAVE POINT EVERY DAY OF OUR LIVES
. $
21 WHAT DOES THE VISUAL ELEMENT OF THIS SCENE - I REFER TO T
HE GROUP OF THREE FIGURES - HAVE TO DO WITH THE TEXT ? $
IF ANYTHING ? $
03 A GOOD QUESTION . $
THE GROUP IS , OF COURSE , A FAITHFUL REALISATION OF ONE OF
MACRUNE'S SKETCHES . $
THE TEXT IS EXACTLY AS WRITTEN ON THE WALL BESIDE THE SKETCH
 . $
21 I STILL DON'T GRASP THE CONNECTION . $
03 NOR DO I . $
I BELIEVE WE MUST TAKE IT THAT THE TEXT REFERRED TO A DIFFER
ENT SKETCH , OR PERHAPS SEVERAL DIFFERENT SKETCHES , WHICH H
AVE EITHER BEEN ERASED SINCE MACRUNE MADE THEM OR WHICH HE N
EVER HAD TIME TO EXECUTE . $
WE THOUGHT THE BEST COURSE WAS TO PERFORM THEM TOGETHER AS W
E FOUND THEM . $
22 CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE TEXT ? $
03 I CAN . $
THEY ARE QUOTATIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF CHE GUEVARA AND CHA
IRMAN MAO RESPECTIVELY . $
22 AND THE SONG ? $
03 A SMALL ADDITION OF MY OWN , IN THE SPIRIT OF THE THING .
 $
22 THAT COULD BE QUESTIONED . $
03 NO DOUBT . $
BUT BE MORE SPECIFIC . $
22 THE QUOTATIONS ARE SERIOUS ASSERTIONS , WHEREAS YOUR SONG
 SEEMS TO STRIKE A SATIRICAL NOTE . $
03 THE QUOTATIONS WERE INTENDED TO BE SERIOUS BY THEIR AUTHO
RS . $
WHETHER YOU TAKE THEM AS SERIOUS DEPENDS ENTIRELY ON YOUR PO
INT OF VIEW . $
I HAVE ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR THAT I AM NOT A MARXIST . $
22 THEN HOW CAN YOU CLAIM YOUR SONG WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE
 THING ? $
03 IT WAS MY RESPONSE TO THE SPIRIT OF THE THING . $
22 IT SEEMED TO ME TO BE A RESPONSE LACKING IN SYMPATHY . $
03 YES . $
BUT WHERE WOULD YOUR SYMPATHY BE WITHOUT A CORRESPONDING LAC
K OF SYMPATHY SOMEWHERE ELSE ? $
YOU CANNOT TRANSFER A GALLON OF WATER FROM ONE BUCKET TO ANO
THER WITHOUT LEAVING THE FIRST BUCKET EMPTIER BY A GALLON OF
 WATER . $
23 WHERE IS THE HUMAN INTEREST IN ALL THIS FARRAGO ? $
WHERE IS THE WARMTH ? $
03 WHAT LED YOU TO EXPECT HUMAN INTEREST AND WARMTH ? $
23 I ALWAYS EXPECT IT . $
I CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT . $
03 ALTHOUGH I AM NOT YOUR MEDICAL ADVISER , I WILL TRY TO DO
 SOMETHING FOR YOU . $
23 THANK YOU . $
24 CAN YOU GIVE US A RUN-DOWN ON THE FIGURES THEMSELVES ? $
03 I 'M GLAD YOU ASKED ME THAT . $
READING FROM THE LEFT I TAKE THE FIGURES TO BE A GIRL KNOWN
AS TANIA , CHE GUEVARA HIMSELF , AND A MAN KNOWN AS JOAQUIN
. $
24 IT SEEMS TO BE A DIRECT COPY OF A PAINTING BY GIORGIONE K
NOWN AS ' THE CONCERT ' . $
03 WELL DONE . $
YOU ARE EVIDENTLY A CULTURED PERSON . $
THE PAINTING HANGS IN FLORENCE TO THIS DAY . $
IT HAS ALSO BEEN ASCRIBED TO TITIAN AMONG OTHERS . $
24 I SUPPOSE YOU ARE REFERRING TO DOMENICO COMPAGNOLA AND SE
BASTIANO DEL PIOMBO ? $
03 I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHERS OFF-HAND . $
24 BUT YOU SAID THE SKETCH WAS MACRUNE'S . $
03 IF I HAD KNOWN THAT SOMEONE OF YOUR ATTAINMENTS WAS LIST
ENING TO ME , I WOULD HAVE ADDED THAT MACRUNE WAS CLEARLY MA
KING A CONSCIOUS REFERENCE TO THE WELL-KNOWN PAINTING IN THE
 PALAZZO PITTI . $
24 A CONSCIOUS REFERENCE IS A POLITE WAY OF PUTTING IT . $
03 WE SHOULDN'T UNDERESTIMATE MACRUNE . $
HE CHOSE TO IMITATE THE PAINTING FOR THE VERY REASON THAT IT
IS WELL-KNOWN . $
IT IS WELL-KNOWN PARTLY BECAUSE OF ITS ENIGMATIC SUBJECT MAT
TER . $
MACRUNE WISHED TO IMPLY THAT HIS OWN SUBJECT MATTER WAS ALSO
 ENIGMATIC - I MEAN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE THREE GUE
RRILLAS . $
24 UNLESS HE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE THE POSTCARD BY HIM . $
03 THAT IS AN INTERESTING SUGGESTION , BUT DOES NOT INVALIDA
TE MY OWN THEORY . $
24 ARE WE TO HAVE A REPRODUCTION OF THE MONA LISA AS WELL ?
$
03 MACRUNE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BORROWED FROM THE MONA LI
SA . $
24 YOU 'VE TAKEN A LOAD OFF MY MIND . $
03 AND NOW FOR THE HUMAN INTEREST . $
TANIA . $
07 THE NOM DE GUERRE OF LAURA GUTTIEREZ . $
RAN A MISS LONELY HEARTS RADIO SHOW IN CAMIRI . $
USED IT AS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE GUERRILLAS . $
03 JOAQUIN . $
05 VETERAN OF THE SIERRA MAESTRA CAMPAIGN . $
WITH OTHER CUBANS FOLLOWED CHE TO BOLIVIA . $
03 TANIA AND JOAQUIN DIED IN THE RIVER MASICURI , NEAR WHERE
 IT JOINS THE RIO GRANDE . $
07 WE WERE FORDING THE RIVER WITH EIGHT COMRADES ... $
05 BOLIVIAN SOLDIERS WERE IN AMBUSH ON BOTH BANKS ... $
07 THE WATER WAS BREAST-HIGH WHEN THEY BEGAN FIRING ... $
05 THE DATE WAS AUGUST 31ST 1967 . $
03 SO MOVED WAS I BY THE DISCOVERY OF THESE BARE FACTS , SO
INSPIRED BY THE MUTE GRAVITY OF MACRUNE'S GROUP , SO CONSCIO
US THAT MANY HERE WOULD BE CRAVING FOR A LITTLE WARMTH , A L
ITTLE NAKED EMOTION , THAT I FOUND MYSELF COMPOSING A FIVE-A
CT DRAMA AROUND THESE THREE CHARACTERS . $
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OF COURSE , SUCH A SHADOWY SITUATION ALLOWS OF MANY POSSIBLE
 INTERPRETATIONS AND I CLAIM NO SPECIAL AUTHORITY OF MY OWN
, BUT I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND IT NOT THE LEAST TENDER , NOT
THE LEAST TOUCHING SECTION OF OUR PRESENTATION . $
DESIGNED AS IT IS ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AMONG US WITH A LINGE
RING NOSTALGIA FOR THE DRAMA OF PAST AGES , CONTAINING AS IT
 DOES IN AMPLE MEASURE THOSE ELEMENTS OF ROMANCE , OF SENTIM
ENT , WHICH ONCE FILLED OUR THEATRES WITH TEAR-STAINED FACES
 , NEVERTHELESS THE OVERRIDING ADVANTAGE WHICH MY FIVE-ACT D
RAMA ENJOYS OVER THOSE OF THE PAST IS THAT , RIDING AS IT WE
RE ON THEIR COAT-TAILS , IT IS ABLE TO DISPENSE WITH SO MUCH
 OF THEIR UNNECESSARY CONTENTS . $
HERE YOU WILL FIND ALL THE ESSENTIALS WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYI
NG TEDIUM . $
MY FIVE-ACT DRAMA - I SAY IT QUITE WITHOUT VANITY - IS A MIR
ACLE OF COMPRESSION . $
03 ACT ONE . $
SCENE ONE . $
THE GUERRILLA CAMP NEAR NANCAHUAZU . $
NIGHT . $
02 JOAQUIN , YOU FIRST JOINED ME IN THE SIERRA MAESTRA OF CU
BA . $
NOW YOU ARE MY CLOSEST FRIEND . $
05 I WOULD WILLINGLY DIE FOR YOU , CHE . $
02 IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DIE FOR ME , IT IS BECAUSE I WOULD
WILLINGLY DIE FOR FREEDOM . $
IT IS THE CAUSE MAKES THE MAN . $
05 WHAT ABOUT WOMEN , CHE ? $
02 WOMEN , TOO , CAN DIE FOR FREEDOM . $
05 BUT THE LOVE OF MEN FOR WOMEN ? $
02 IT IS NOT A THING WHICH CONCERNS US HERE OR NOW . $
05 CHE , I WANT TO CONFESS TO YOU THAT THERE IS A VOICE WE H
EAR ON OUR RADIO , A VOICE THAT SENDS US MESSAGES , THE VOIC
E OF A WOMAN ... $
02 I KNOW THE VOICE . $
05 I CANNOT SLEEP AT NIGHT FOR HEARING THAT VOICE . $
02 YOU MUST PUT IT BEHIND YOU . $
05 DO YOU NEVER THINK OF WOMEN , CHE ? $
02 I DID ONCE . $
BUT NOW I THINK OF THEM ONLY AS SOLDIERS IN THE CAUSE OF FRE
EDOM . $
05 I , TOO , WILL TRY TO THINK OF THEM LIKE THAT . $
02 COME , WE WILL INSPECT THE SENTRIES . $
03 ACT ONE . $
SCENE TWO . $
DAYTIME IN THE GUERRILLA CAMP . $
05 THE WOMAN IS COMING HERE . $
TO THIS CAMP . $
02 WHAT WOMAN ? $
05 THE WOMAN WITH THE VOICE . $
TANIA . $
02 AND WHAT OF THAT JOAQUIN ? $
05 WHAT AM I TO DO , CHE ? $
02 YOU MUST THINK OF HER AS A SOLDIER , NOT AS A WOMAN . $
07 IS IT CHE ? $
02 REPEAT AFTER ME THIS PASSAGE FROM MY HANDBOOK OF GUERRILL
A WARFARE : ' WOMEN , ALTHOUGH WEAKER THAN MEN , ARE NO LESS
 RESILIENT ... ' $
05 ' WOMEN , ALTHOUGH WEAKER THAN MEN , ARE NO LESS RESILIEN
T ... ' $
07 I AM STANDING NEXT TO THE GREATEST MAN IN THE WORLD . $
IF I REACHED OUT MY HAND , I COULD TOUCH THE POCKET OF HIS K
HAKI SHIRT ... $
02 ' THEY CAN BE USED IN MANY CAPACITIES , PARTICULARLY IN C
OMMUNICATIONS ... ' $
05 ' THEY CAN BE USED IN MANY CAPACITIES , PARTICULARLY IN C
OMMUNICATIONS ... ' $
07 LITTLE HE KNEW THAT WHEN HE WAS FAR AWAY IN CUBA , I WAS
HERE IN BOLIVIA , THINKING OF HIM EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY .
$
NOW IF HE TURNED HIS HEAD , I SHOULD FEEL HIS BREATH ON MY F
ACE ... $
02 ' IF CAPTURED , THEY WILL INVARIABLY BE BETTER TREATED TH
AN MEN , NO MATTER HOW BRUTAL THE ENEMY ... ' $
05 ' NO MATTER HOW BRUTAL THE ENEMY ... ' $
07 FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS I HAVE KEPT A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIM
IN THE POCKET OVER MY HEART . $
IT WAS ONLY A CLIPPING FROM A NEWSPAPER AND IT HAS ROTTED AW
AY SO MUCH THAT IF I WAS SEARCHED BY SOLDIERS FROM BARRIENTO
S' ARMY , THEY COULD NEVER PROVE IT WAS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH OF
PRESIDENT JOHNSON OR GENERAL EISENHOWER ... $
02 ' THEY CAN COOK FOR THE TROOPS AND PERFORM OTHER DUTIES O
F A DOMESTIC NATURE ... ' $
05 ' ... OF A DOMESTIC NATURE ... ' $
07 BUT NOW IF THIS MAN HERE WERE TO TURN ROUND TOWARDS ME ,
HIS FACE WOULD NOT BE THAT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON OR GENERAL E
ISENHOWER , BUT OF CHE GUEVARA ... $
02 ' ... TEACH THE SOLDIERS , NURSE THE SICK , HELP SEW UNIF
ORMS ... ' $
07 CHE GUEVARA , CHE GUEVARA , CHE GUEVARA ... $
02 ' ... AND , IF NECESSARY , EVEN BEAR ARMS ... ' $
05 ' ... EVEN BEAR ARMS ... ' $
07 THIS IS MY GOD , AND I AM STANDING WITHIN ARM'S LENGTH OF
 HIM ... $
02 TANIA , YOU ARE A BRAVE FIGHTER FOR FREEDOM AND YOU ARE W
ELCOME TO OUR RANKS . $
07 ... CHE ! $
05 ... TANIA ! $
02 WELCOME , TANIA ! $
PATRIA O MUERTE ! $
07 ... O MUERTE ! $
05 ... O MUERTE ] $
03 ACT TWO . $
IN THE HAMMOCK . $
05 CHE HAS GONE DOWN WITH ONE OF HIS BOUTS OF ASTHMA , TANIA
 LOOKS AFTER HIM LIKE A SLEEPLESS ANGEL . $
AS FOR ME , I AM DYING BY INCHES , MY THROAT CONSTRICTED , M
Y PULSE RACING , MY HEAD HOT , A FEVER IN EVERY LIMB . $
07 YEARS AGO I READ HOW CHE ON THE BOAT THAT BROUGHT FIDEL A
ND THE FEW TO CUBA WHEN DOWN WITH ASTHMA , AND I OFTEN DREAM
ED THAT I WAS THERE TO NURSE HIM . $
NOW IN BOLIVIA DREAM BECOMES REALITY . $
BRING ANOTHER VAPORISER . $
FROM MY RUCKSACK . $
05 I DON'T EXIST , EXCEPT AS A PAIR OF HANDS . $
BUT IN GIVING ME ORDERS SHE LENDS ME A TEMPORARY EXISTENCE ,
 WHICH IS BETTER THAN NONE . $
AND I SHALL PUT MY HANDS IN HER RUCKSACK . $
07 HOW ARE YOU NOW , CHE ? $
02 BETTER FOR YOUR CARE , TANIA . $
YOU 'VE TIRED YOURSELF OUT . $
YOU OUGHT TO REST . $
07 BEING NEAR YOU IS THE ONLY REST I WANT . $
02 FOR A MAN WHO HAS READ HEMINGWAY I 'VE ACTED LIKE A FOOL
. $
A WOMAN WHO NURSES AN OFFICER IN THE FIELD IS CERTAIN TO CON
FUSE HER DEVOTION TO DUTY WITH HER SERVICE TO THE OFFICER .
$
07 I 'VE TOLD HIM HOW I FEEL . $
WHAT WILL HE SAY ? $
02 I OUGHT TO SPEAK TO HER HOW . $
PUT THIS IDEA OUT OF HER HEAD . $
BUT I 'M TOO WEAK TO COPE WITH AN EMOTIONAL SCENE . $
I WILL SAY NOTHING AND PRETEND TO SLEEP . $
07 HE HAS NOT HEARD ME OR HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD . $
05 I COME FROM RUMMAGING IN HER RUCKSACK . $
#38 $
I FEEL GUILTY . $
BUT CAN ONE ACCUSE ONESELF $
OF LUST TOWARDS A RUCKSACK ? $
THE VAPORISER . $
HER HAND IS SHAKING , HER BREATH AS RACKED AS HIS . $
WHAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM ? $
03 ACT THREE . $
UP THE TREE . $
02 THE BOLIVIAN TROOPS ARE MOVING UP THE FAR BANK OF THE RIV
ER , HOPING TO ENCIRCLE US . $
05 MY MIND IS A SWAMP TREACHEROUS WITH ALLIGATORS . $
WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WHEN I WAS FETCHING THE VAPORISER ? $
07 SINCE CHE'S BOUT OF ASTHMA I HAVE SOMETIMES IMAGINED HE R
ECOGNISED MY FEELINGS FOR HIM AND PERHAPS RETURNED THEM . $
WE WENT BATHING ONE DAY IN THE RIVER . $
I SAT ON A ROCK AND HE TOOK MY PHOTOGRAPH . $
WHAT DOES THAT PROVE ? $
DOES HE CARRY MY PHOTO WHERE I CARRY HIS ? $
02 RETURN TO CAMP , TANIA , AND ORDER MOBILISATION . $
05 WHY NOT SEND ME TO STRIKE AT THE TROOPS , CHE ? $
02 SUICIDAL . $
05 THAT 'S HOW I WANT IT . $
I HAVE NOTHING TO LIVE FOR . $
YOU MUST HAVE NOTICED . $
WHAT I HAVE TO LIVE FOR CAN NEVER BE MINE . $
02 YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR AS WELL AS DIE FOR . $
THE REVOLUTION . $
05 I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE REVOLUTION . $
I AM ROTTEN WITH LOVE FOR TANIA . $
02 WHY NOT MARRY HER , JOAQUIN ? $
05 SHE DOESN'T LOOK AT ME . $
02 I WILL SPEAK TO HER . $
07 THEY ARE MOBILISING . $
02 KEEP WATCH . $
DURING THE CUBAN REVOLUTION WE ARRANGED SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL M
ARRIAGES . $
AMONG THE GUERRILLAS . $
DOES THE IDEA APPEAL TO YOU ? $
07 IT DEPENDS WHO I 'M TO MARRY . $
02 JOAQUIN WANTS TO MARRY YOU . $
07 I DON'T LOVE JOAQUIN . $
02 HE LOVES YOU . $
HE IS MY SECOND-IN-COMMAND , AND OUR BEST MAN . $
YOU ARE OUR BEST WOMAN . $
THIS MARRIAGE WOULD PLEASE ME AND ASSIST THE REVOLUTION . $
07 I DON'T SEE HIM AS OUR BEST MAN . $
02 WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM ? $
07 NOTHING IS WRONG WITH HIM EXCEPT THAT THERE IS ONE MAN BE
TTER . $
02 IF YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR THE CAUSE , RESPECT FOR ME ... $
07 I HAVE MORE THAN RESPECT FOR YOU , CHE . $
WHEN YOU WERE ONLY A NAME , A PHOTOGRAPH , I THOUGHT I SAW T
HE CAUSE IN YOU . $
NOW I HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE CAUSE AND I SEE ONLY YOU IN YOU
 . $
02 WHAT IS THE MATTER ? $
07 I INJURED MY FOOT $
RUNNING BACK FROM THE CAMP . $
02 JOAQUIN . $
WE SHALL SHORTLY BREAK CAMP . $
YOU , JOAQUIN , WILL COMMAND THE REARGUARD . $
TANIA HAS INJURED HER FOOT . $
BECAUSE OF HER INJURY , SHE WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR PA
RTY . $
03 ACT FOUR . $
AT THE FARM . $
05 HAVE NO FEAR , COMRADES . $
THESE GUNS ARE TO PROTECT US , NOT TO THREATEN YOU . $
WE WANT FOOD , BUT WE HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT . $
10 GUERRILLEROS ? $
05 SOLDIERS OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY . $
12 GUERRILLEROS . $
07 YES , GUERRILLEROS . $
AND WHY ? $
BECAUSE BOLIVIA IS A PRISON . $
BOLIVIA FEEDS A DICTATOR , THE PEOPLE STARVE AND GROAN . $
WITH THES GUNS WE SHALL BUY FREEDOM , OURS AND YOURS . $
05 FOOD , COMRADES . $
SHOW MY FRIEND TO YOUR LARDER . $
WE HAVE PASSED TWO MONTHS IN HELL . $
LOSING TRACK OF CHE IN THE JUNGLE , WE HAVE BEEN SEARCHING F
OR HIM , THE TROOPS ON OUR TRAIL . $
MORALE IS LOW AMONG THE MEN , BUT TANIA IS ON THE VERGE OF H
YSTERIA . $
07 IF THIS WERE ONE OF MY NIGHTMARES - PERHAPS IT IS - THESE
 PEASANTS WOULD TURN INTO SOLDIERS . $
UNDER THE TABLE I WOULD SEE THEIR BARE FEET SUDDENLY SPROUTI
NG BOOTS . $
05 WAS CHE IN LOVE WITH TANIA ? $
I BELIEVE HE WAS . $
BUT HE PUT THE REVOLUTION FIRST . $
WHAT A MAN ! $
I HAVE TRIED TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE , LIVING , EATING , SLEEP
ING BESIDE TANIA , BUT AS THOUGH A PANE OF GLASS DIVIDED US
. $
07 IS JOAQUIN STILL IN LOVE WITH ME ? $
I DON'T THINK SO . $
I AM CONTINUALLY ILL , HIS MANNER IS DISTANT . $
MEN SOON GET TIRED OF SICK WOMEN . $
10 ARE YOU TWO MARRIED ? $
05 NO . $
12 JUST GOOD FRIENDS . $
07 TO HELL WITH THESE STUPID ANIMALS ! $
WHERE 'S THE FOOD ? $
FIND BRAULIO , LET 'S GO , FOR GOD'S SAKE . $
05 I 'LL GET BRAULIO . $
10 WHY TAKE TO THE TREES , SWEETHEART ? $
AREN'T THERE ENOUGH HAIRY GORILLAS IN THE TOWN TO SATISFY YO
U ? $
12 HOW MANY MAN HAVE YOU GOT THERE ALL TO YOURSELF DARLING ?
 $
10 WHY DO YOU WANT TO CARRY A GUN , LOVELY ? $
IT 'S THE MEN THAT SHOULD CARRY THE GUNS . $
12 HAVE YOU SLEPT IN CHE GUEVARA'S HAMMOCK , SWEETIE-PIE ? $
07 YOU PIGS . $
DON'T SPEAK CHE GUEVARA'S NAME . $
IT GETS FILTH ALL OVER IT IN YOUR MOUTHS . $
NO , YOU 'LL NEVER BE FREE , BECAUSE YOU 'RE NOT FIT . $
NOT IF A CHE WAS BORN EVERY GENERATION , AND EVERY GENERATIO
N RISKED HIS LIFE FOR YOUR SAKE , YOUR FREEDOM . $
YOU 'RE ONLY FIT TO CRAWL , CREEP , CRINGE , TO STINK , TO B
E SLAVES , TO DIE IN YOUR OWN DIRT . $
05 BRAULIO 'S GOT THE FOOD , WE 'RE GOING . $
10 YOUR GIRL 'S HAD AS MUCH AS SHE CAN TAKE . $
05 WE WANT TO CROSS THE RIVER MASICURI . $
DO YOU KNOW THE BEST PLACE ? $
10 SURELY . $
DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU ? $
05 TOMORROW ? $
10 TOMORROW 'S FINE . $
SEND A MAN TO FETCH ME AND I 'LL GUIDE YOU . $
05 THANKS , COMRADE . $
10 SORRY ABOUT THE GIRL . $
05 TILL TOMORROW . $
10 JORGE , GET YOUR BOOTS ON AND MAKE TRACKS FOR LA LAJA . $
THE LADS ARE WAITING THERE . $
THIS IS THE CROSSING PLACE . $
OK ? $
12 OK , CORPORAL . $
TRUST ME . $
WE 'LL COVER THAT SPOT . $
03 ACT FIVE . $
ACROSS THE RIVER . $
02 THE RADIO ANNOUNCED THAT TEN GUERRILLAS DIED IN THE RIVER
 MASICURI . $
I DON'T BELIEVE IT . $
THEY REPORT THAT TANIA'S BODY WAS FOUND WASHED UP ON THE BAN
KS OF THE RIO GRANDE . $
#39 $
THIS DOESN'T HAVE THE RING OF TRUTH . $
01 RAIMUNDO LAS VEGAS MANANA CAME FROM WHAT IS USUALLY KNOWN
 AS ' A GOOD HOME ' . $
FROM HIS FATHER , FELIPE , A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IN LA PAZ
, CAPITAL OF BOLIVIA , RAIMUNDO MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO
INHERIT WHAT ARE USUALLY KNOWN AS ' BRAINS ' ... $
FROM HIS MOTHER , ISABELLA , DAUGHTER OF AN ENORMOUS LANDOWN
ER , RAIMUNDO MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO INHERIT WHAT IS US
UALLY KNOWN AS ' WEALTH BEYOND THE DREAMS OF AVARICE ' . $
11 IS RAIMUNDO COMING DOWN TO BREAKFAST , OR ISN'T HE ? $
09 HE PROMISED ME HE WOULD . $
11 I SHALL BE LATE FOR MY LECTURE . $
09 HAVE PATIENCE , DEAR . $
HIS BIRTHDAY ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR . $
11 IT 'S MY BELIEF WE 'VE SPOILT THAT BOY . $
09 I WON'T HAVE YOU SAY THAT , FELIPE . $
HE 'S A LOVELY BOY . $
11 IN THE COURSE OF MY GENERAL READING I HAVE COME ACROSS MA
NY HISTORICAL PARALLELS FOR OUR SON RAIMUNDO ... $
09 I 'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT RAIMUNDO WOULD BE AN HISTORICA
L PARALLEL . $
11 THE SORT OF PEOPLE HE PUTS ME IN MIND OF ARE : CALIGULA ,
 HELIOGABALUS , EDWARD THE SECOND OF ENGLAND , BONNIE PRINCE
 CHARLIE AND , COMING NEARER OUR OWN TIME , THE ELDEST SON O
F KAISER WILHELM , NOT TO MENTION THE LAST TZAR . $
09 THAT 'S A VERY DISTINGUISHED LIST , BUT I DON'T QUITE UND
ERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON . $
11 MANY THINGS IN COMMON , BUT NOTABLY THAT AFTER A REMARKAB
LY BAD BEGINNING THEY CAME TO A REMARKABLY BAD END . $
09 BUT , FELIPE , YOU REALLY OUGHTN'T TO COMPARE RAIMUNDO TO
 PEOPLE IN HISTORY . $
WHEN YOU COME TO THINK ABOUT IT , THEY NEARLY ALL CAME TO A
BAD END . $
01 AS HE ENTERED THE BREAKFAST-ROOM ON THE MORNING OF HIS TW
ENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY , RAIMUNDO LAS VEGAS MANANA COULDN'T REC
ALL ONE SINGLE MOMENT OF HIS LIFE WHEN HE HAD BEEN TRULY SAT
ISFIED ... $
06 I CANNOT RECALL ONE SINGLE MOMENT OF MY LIFE WHEN I HAVE
BEEN TRULY SATISFIED ... $
09 MY DARLING BOY , MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY . $
KISS YOUR MOTHER ... $
06 AND IT IS ALL THE FAULT OF MY MOTHER WHO CHOOSES MY PRESE
NT EVERY YEAR AND EVERY YEAR FAILS TO SATISFY ME ... YACHTS
, CARS , SHARES , ESTATES ... GOD , WHAT A LACK OF IMAGINATI
ON THAT WOMAN HAS . $
09 FELIPE , AREN'T YOU GOING TO KISS YOUR SON ON HIS TWENTY-
FIRST BIRTHDAY . $
06 AND THE FAULT OF MY FATHER WHO DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE WHETH
ER I 'M SATISFIED OR NOT . $
09 WON'T YOU LOOK AT YOUR PRESENT NOW , MY DARLING ? $
06 ALL RIGHT . $
RING FOR SOMEONE TO OPEN IT . $
09 BUT , RAIMUNDO , YOU MUST OPEN IT . $
LISTEN : THIS YEAR , TO MARK YOUR COMING OF AGE , YOUR FATHE
R CHOSE THE PRESENT . $
EVEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS . $
06 I FEEL A SUDDEN THRILL OF ANTICIPATION . $
COULD THIS BE THE PRESENT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ? $
09 THIS IS EXCITING , FELIPE . $
WHATEVER CAN IT BE ? $
06 GOOD HEAVENS ! $
09 BUT WHAT IS IT , FELIPE ? $
06 WOW ! $
01 FOR US IN CUBA , THE NECESSITIES WERE AS FOLLOWS : HAMMOC
K , NYLON RAIN-SHEET , BLANKET ; JACKET , TROUSERS , SHIRT ,
 SHOES ; RUCKSACK ; BASIC PROVISIONS SUCH AS BUTTER OR OIL ,
 TINNED GOODS , SALT-FISH , CONDENSED OR POWDERED MILK , SUG
AR , SALT . $
USEFUL BUT NOT ESSENTIAL WERE : PLATE , SPOON , KNIFE ; RIFL
E-OIL , PULL-THROUGH AND PATCHES ; A GOOD QUALITY CARTRIDGE
BELT ; CANTEEN AND MEDICAL KIT ; TABACCO , MATCHES , SOAP .
$
WE ALSO FOUND A USE FOR : COMPASS , SPARE NYLON RAIN-SHEET ;
 CHANGE OF CLOTHES , UNDERWEAR ; TOWEL , TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOT
HPASTE ; BOOKS FOR SPARE-TIME READING , EG BIOGRAPHIES OF HE
ROES , HISTORIES AND BOOKS ABOUT ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ; ALSO A
 MACHETE ; A BOTTLE OF PETROL TO SET LIGHT TO CAMPFIRES ; A
NOTEBOOK , PEN OR PENCIL , PIECE OF ROPE AND SEWING-KIT . $
06 FATHER , HOW CAN I EVER THANK YOU ? $
MOTHER , GOODBYE . $
I 'M SATISFIED AT LAST . $
09 WHAT HAVE YOU DONE , FELIPE ? $
11 RAIMUNDO ALWAYS STRUCK ME AS BELONGING LESS TO US THAN TO
 HISTORY . $
01 SO RAIMUNDO LAS VEGAS MANANA , WITH HIS NEW RUCKSACK ON H
IS BACK , WHISTLING REVOLUTIONARY TUNES , MADE HIS WAY TO TH
E GUERRILLA CAMP AT NANCHAHUAZU . $
THE NEXT THING HE KNEW RAIMUNDO WAS ON SENTRY-DUTY ... $
06 I AM SO VERY HAPPY . $
AT ONE WITH MOTHER NATURE . $
EARTH BELOW , SKY ABOVE , TREES AROUND . $
LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE LIVED . $
MAMMALS , BIRDS , REPTILES , INSECTS GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSIN
ESS , AND MAN TOO . $
THE WIND RUFFLES HIS WHISKERS , THE RAIN WETS HIS NOSE , THE
 SUN WARMS THE TOP OF HIS HEAD . $
SO NATURAL AND RIGHT . $
AND THEN ALL MY COMRADES IN THE CAMP ... GOOD FELLOWS , FIRS
T-CLASS FELLOWS ... CLASS IS BOUND TO BE A BARRIER AT THE BE
GINNING ... THEY 'LL SOON COME TO LIKE ME AS MUCH AS I LIKE
THEM ... $
01 BUT AS RAIMUNDO , LULLED BY THE AFTERNOON SUN AND HIS OWN
 SENTENTIOUS REFLECTIONS , DOZED BESIDES HIS RIFLE , A PARTY
 OF SOLDIERS CAME UP THE FOREST PATH . $
06 I HAD A TERRIBLE DREAM ! $
IT WAS MY TWENTY-SECOND BIRTHDAY . $
ON THE PATIO STOOD MY PRESENT , AN ANTI-TANK GUN WRAPPED IN
BLUE TISSUE PAPER , WITH PINK SATIN BOWS TIED ROUND THE BARR
EL . $
I ROLLED IT RIGHT UP TO THE BREAKFAST-ROOM AND POKED THE BAR
REL THROUGH THE OPEN FRENCH WINDOWS . $
INSIDE THE ROOM MY MOTHER WAS EATING A DANISH PASTRY AT THE
TABLE AND SMILING AT ME , JUST AS SHE ALWAYS DOES WHENEVER S
HE CATCHES SIGHT OF ME . $
I PULLED THE HANDLE AND BLEW THE ROOM , THE TABLE , THE DANI
SH PASTRY AND MY MOTHER TO SMITHEREENS . $
THEN I HEARD A LOT OF WHISPERING BEHIND ME . $
AH , THAT 'S THE EXPLANATION . $
I 'M TRAPPED . $
ASLEEP AT MY POST . $
BUT I HAVE TO WARN THE COMRADES . $
01 IN HOSPITAL , RAIMUNDO'S LIFE WAS SAVED BY A SKILFUL SURG
EON . $
05 THERE WE ARE , MY BOY . $
THERE 'S THE CAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE . $
A LITTLE BIT OF LEAD ON THE LOOSE . $
YOU 'LL BE QUITE ALL RIGHT NOW , I 'VE SAVED YOUR LIFE . $
DON'T THANK ME . $
BUT TRY TO AVOID LITTLE BITS OF FLYING METAL IN FUTURE . $
THEY DON'T DO ANY OF US ANY GOOD . $
01 A LETTER FROM THE AUTHORITIES INFORMED ISABELLA THAT HER
SON WAS RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUND AND WAS RECEIVING A COURSE
 OF PHYSIOTHERAPY ... $
#40 $
06 IT IS NOT BY ANY MEANS SO BAD AS YOU MIGHT THINK , PHYSIO
THERAPY . $
IN THE FIRST PLACE , YOU ARE IN REAL PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH O
THER HUMAN BEINGS . $
THAT IS SOMETHING I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE ENORMOUSLY . $
IN THE SECOND PLACE , IF YOU REFUSE TO TALK WHEN THEY ASK YO
U QUESTIONS , YOU SOON GAIN THE RESPECT OF YOUR PHYSIOTHERAP
ISTS . $
NOT BEING THE ACTIVE TYPE I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND IT WELL-NIGH I
MPOSSIBLE TO GAIN PEOPLE'S RESPECT AND I SUPPOSE THIS MUST B
E ONE OF THE FEW WAYS YOU CAN GAIN RESPECT BY REMAINING PERF
ECTLY PASSIVE . $
IN THE THIRD PLACE , I DON'T FIND THE PAIN ABSOLUTELY UNPLEA
SANT . $
NO , ALL THINGS CONSIDERED I AM VERY SATISFIED WITH MY LOT .
 $
01 RAIMUNDO'S PARENTS RECEIVED A SECOND LETTER FROM THE AUTH
ORITIES INFORMING THEM THAT THEIR SON HAD RUN AWAY FROM HIS
PLACE OF CONVALESCENCE AND EXPRESSING THE HOPE THAT SHOULD H
IS PARENTS COME TO HEAR OF HIS WHEREABOUTS THEY WOULD IMMEDI
ATELY MAKE A FULL REPORT . $
HIS MOTHER BELIEVED THIS LETTER , BUT HIS FATHER DID NOT . $
AND SO , ACCORDING TO THEIR RESPECTIVE TEMPERAMENTS - ISABEL
LA IN HOPES , FELIPE WITHOUT ANY - THEY CONTINUE TO LIVE QUI
TE HAPPILY FOR SOME TIME AFTER . $
01 DID YOU FIND A DRAWING OF RAIMUNDO ON THE WALL ? $
03 NO . $
06 THEN YOU JUST INVENTED THE WHOLE SORRY TALE ? $
03 YES AND NO . $
IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY YOU CAN JUST MAKE OUT WHAT SEEMS TO
 BE THE RUCKSACK AND ITS CONTENTS . $
A MOST INTRICATE STILL LIFE , IN EFFECT . $
01 AND WHAT 'S THE STORY MEANT TO SAY ? $
03 WHAT DO YOU THINK ? $
01 I SUPPOSE IT 'S A WARNING TO PARENTS NOT TO SPOIL THEIR C
HILDREN . $
11 RUBBISH . $
IT 'S ABOUT THE LAW OF NATURE , OR JUNGLE LAW . $
RAIMUNDO 'S A HARMLESS SIMPLETON ARSING ABOUT IN A VISCIOUS
ENVIRONMENT . $
09 NO , HE 'S NOT . $
HE 'S A HERO , A HOLY FOOL , LIKE DOSTOYEVSKY'S IDIOT . $
FIRST , HE UTTERLY REJECTS ALL THE MATERIALISTIC PARAPHERNAL
IA OF THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY - CARS , YACHTS , HOUSES , SHARES
 MONEY , CLOTHES . $
THEN HE GOES INTO THE WILDERNESS AND FIND HIMSELF MUCH HAPPI
ER , BUT REALISES THAT IT 'S NOT ENOUGH TO CUT HIMSELF OFF F
ROM A WICKED WORLD ; AND SO HE RETURNS TO THE WORLD AND ACCE
PTS THE TERRIBLE THINGS HIS ENEMIES DO TO HIM - WITH A MOST
BEAUTIFULLY PATIENT SPIRIT . $
06 THAT 'S A LOAD OF COBBLERS . $
THE BOY 'S AN OPEN-AND-SHUT CASE OF MASOCHISM , WITH OEDIPAL
 COMPLICATIONS . $
TAKE THAT DREAM OF HIS - PUTRID WITH SEXUAL SYMBOLISM , THAT
 ANTI-TANK GUN POKING THROUGH THE FRENCH WINDOWS , I MEAN -
IT 'S LOVE FOR HIS MOTHER SHOWING THROUGH IN THE GUISE OF HA
TRED FOR HIS MOTHER , AS IN HAMLET . $
HENCE THE DANISH PASTRY HIS MOTHER IS EATING , OF COURSE . $
03 I BELIEVE I WAS THINKING MORE ON CLASS LINES . $
IN A REVOLUTION THE UPPER CLASSES ALWAYS LOSE OUT , WHICHEVE
R SIDE THEY JOIN . $
SO THE MORAL IS : IF YOU HAPPEN TO BELONG TO THE UPPER CLASS
ES , TRY TO AVOID REVOLUTIONS STARTING AT ALL . $
I 'M SURE MACRUNE WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE SAME VIEW , EXCEPT TH
AT WHERE I TEND TO SYMPATHISE WITH THE UPPER CLASSES , HE WO
ULD HAVE WELCOMED THEIR EXTINCTION . $
04 EDWARD HOTEL ! $
03 BY GEORGE ! $
THIS IS UNEXPECTED . $
ALONE AT MY DESK IN THE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT , COMPOSING A S
CENE FOR MY PLAY , I AM THE VICTIM OF A SUDDEN ATTACK OF THE
 WILLIES . $
THE GHOST OF MARX ! $
04 YOU BASTARD ! $
03 BUT A SCOTCH ACCENT ? $
OR WOULD IT BE IRISH ? $
04 STAND STILL , NINNY , AND HEAR WHAT I 'VE GOT TO TELL YOU
 . $
03 MACRUNE ! $
04 AY , HIS GHOST . $
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME , YOU TINY SMOOTH-FACED TWOT ? $
03 NOTHING TO YOU , MACRUNE . $
YOUR WORK ... I ADMIT I 'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT . $
04 WHAT DOES A MAGGOT OF YOUR COLOUR KNOW OF MY WORK ? $
03 I DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW IT , ONLY TO ADMIRE IT . $
I THINK IT 'S GREAT . $
04 YOUR OPINION IS NOT WORTH A DUMB DUCK'S QUACK . $
YOU 'RE NO MARXIST . $
03 I ADMIT THAT . $
04 A POLITICIAL EUNUCH . $
03 I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ... $
04 TO WHAT END ARE YOU PLAGIARISING MY WORK , HOTEL ? $
03 I MUST DISPUTE ... $
04 I 'LL TELL YOU TO WHAT END . $
TO CAST ROTTEN EGGS AT THE ONLY POLITICAL ANALYSIS WHICH MAK
ES SENSE OF HISTORY . $
DON'T DRIBBLE IN MY SOUP , HOTEL . $
YOU CARE NO MORE FOR ME AND MY WORK THAN I CARE FOR YOU , AN
D THAT 'S LESS THAN A WINDY DAY FOR A SMALL FART . $
WHAT YOU 'RE AFTER IS A CHANCE TO SNEER , TO SNIGGER FOR THE
 APPLAUSE OF A CORRUPT AND DECADENT SOCIETY AT THE COURAGE ,
 FAITH , TRUTH AND SELF-SACRIFICE OF A FEW MIGHTY SPIRITS ,
WHO , MAKE NO MISTAKE , WILL SEE YOUR CHILDREN , IF NOT YOUR
SELF , INTO THE DANK AND DIRTY DITCH YOU DESERVE , AND THERE
 YOU 'LL BIDE , BELIEVE ME . $
03 YOUR STRONG CONVICTIONS , MACRUNE , FILL ME WITH RESPECT
. $
BUT CAN'T YOU ALLOW , IF ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT , THA
T YOU MIGHT BE WRONG ? $
04 I SEE NO FUTURE IN ARGUMENTS BASED ON FALSE PREMISES . $
03 WE HAD BETTER DROP THE SUBJECT , THEN . $
04 YOU ARE A PATHETIC FAGGOT , HOTEL . $
WHEN POLITICS - WHICH IS TO SAY REALITIES - ALARM YOU , YOU
WANT TO BRING THEM DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF ART . $
A TYPICAL BOURGEOIS REACTION : WHEN YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOM
ETHING , WHEN IT FRIGHTENS YOU , SOP IT UP WITH THE SPONGE O
F CULTURE . $
03 YOU 'RE NOT DOING YOURSELF JUSTICE . $
THE ART YOU 'VE CREATED ... $
04 IT 'S NOT ART , YOU GULLIBLE NIT . $
03 ALLOW ME TO BE THE JUDGE OF THAT . $
04 CAN'T YOU RECOGNISE TRASH WHEN YOU SEE IT ? $
03 YOUR WORK ? $
TRASH ? $
04 UNADULTERATED GARBAGE . $
WALL TO WALL BALLOCKS . $
03 WHAT ARE YOU SAYING , MACRUNE ? $
FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GRAVE , IF I MAY PUT IT SO WITHOU
T OFFENCE , ALL HUMAN ARTEFACTS MAY INEVITABLY APPEAR INADEQ
UATE , BUT SURELY - CAST YOUR MIND BACK TO THOSE LAST MONTHS
 OF YOUR LIFE , THE FLUSH OF RED-HOT INSPIRATION , THE MIGHT
Y PROJECT GROWING UNDER YOUR RACING PENCIL - SURELY THEN YOU
 FELT YOU WERE CREATING SOMETHING OF PERMANENT VALUE FOR GEN
ERATIONS TO COME ? $
04 I 'LL GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TO THAT , HOTEL . $
03 I WISH YOU WOULD . $
NOTHING EXCITES ME SO MUCH AS A REVELATION OF THE INNER WORK
INGS OF THE TRUE ARTIST'S MIND . $
04 FIVE OR SIX MONTHS BEFORE MY LAST RATTLE ... $
03 YES ? $
THAT WOULD BE NOVEMBER ... $
04 THE THOUGHT GREW STRONG IN MY MIND THAT I 'D WASTED MY EN
TIRE LIFE . $
FLOWER-PAINTINGS ! $
PORTRAITS OF PERSONALITIES ! $
03 PUB-SIGNS . $
04 WHAT WERE THEY FOR ? $
TO PLEASE PEOPLE . $
WHAT WAS THE VALUE OF PLEASING LICE , TELL ME THAT ? $
03 YOU HAD TO LIVE . $
BUT I ADMIT THEY WERE POOR STUFF , VERY POOR WHEN YOU CONSID
ER WHAT WAS TO COME . $
04 THEY WERE GOOD . $
TOO GOOD TO BE WASTED ON LICE . $
03 YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD . $
REALLY ? $
04 OF COURSE THEY WERE GOOD . $
I 'VE NO TIME FOR ART , NONE AT ALL . $
BUT LET 'S FACE IT , IF ANYBODY EVER PAINTED GOOD PICTURES ,
 I WAS THE MAN . $
03 I MUST HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT THEM . $
04 I CAME TO A DECISION . $
I 'D HIT THEM IN THE ONLY PLACE THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD , THE
 POCKET . $
03 GOOD ! $
04 I WAS ON MY LAST LEGS BY THEN . $
THE OLD BAG WAS TAKING EVERY PENNY I HAD FOR RENT . $
03 I KNEW IT . $
EXACTLY HOW I PICTURED YOU . $
04 WHEN I 'M GONE , I SAID TO MYSELF , THE OLD BITCH WILL HA
VE TO LET THIS LOUSY PLACE AGAIN . $
RIGHT , THEN , WE 'LL FOUL HER UP THERE , I SAID , WE 'LL SC
RIBBLE ALL OVER THE WALLS . $
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03 SO THAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF YOUR INSPIRATION ? $
04 I HAD DESIGNS ON THE CEILING , BUT DEATH CUT ME OFF . $
03 YOU KNOW , THIS DOESN'T WORRY ME THE LEAST . $
FASCINATING AS IT IS , TO GLEAN SUCH INFORMATION FROM THE AR
TIST'S OWN LIPS , THE SORDIDITY OF THE MOTIVE IS TOTALLY IRR
ELEVANT OF THE QUALITY OF THE WORK PRODUCED . $
04 AND YOU , HOTEL , YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT TAKES THE R
OOM . $
I WAS ENJOYING MYSELF THOSE LAST FIVE MONTHS - THE FIRST TIM
E IN MY LIFE - COULD I HAVE KNOWN THE WHOLE EFFORT WAS WASTE
D , MY FINAL SATISFACTION TORN FROM ME BY A RETARDED CONNOIS
SEUR OF GRAFFITI ... $
MY GHOST WILL NEVER REST QUIET , HOTEL , YOU BASTARD ... $
03 I FIND THAT FUNNY , MACRUNE , FORGIVE ME , MOST AMUSING .
 $
ALMOST A PARADIGM OF THE ANTI-ARTIST'S DILEMMA IN AN AGE OF
INCREASING ECLECTICISM . $
WELL , WELL . $
BUT WHY CHOOSE GUEVARA AS YOUR SUBJECT ? $
OF COURSE , BECAUSE HE , TOO , WAS TRYING TO DESTROY THE EXI
STING ORDER , JUST AS YOU WANTED TO SPOIL YOUR ROOM . $
AND AS THINGS TURNED OUT YOU WERE BOTH FAILURES AT IT . $
WELL , WELL . $
POOR MACRUNE . $
POOR OLD SCOTCH FANATIC . $
OR WERE YOU IRISH ? $
SHALL WE NEVER KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT VEXED QUESTION ? $
03 WE NOW COME TO ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE SECTIONS OF MAC
RUNE'S MASTERPIECE : THE SERIES OF PANELS WITH WHICH HE HAS
DECORATED THE ENTIRE SKIRTINGBOARD OF THE EAST WALL . $
THESE PANELS , SO FAR AS CAN BE ASCERTAINED , TELL THE STORY
 OF A STUDENT OF PHILOSOPHY CALLED ROSAURA SANCHEZ , WHO ACT
ED AS A CONTACT FOR THE BOLIVIAN GUERRILLA . $
THE WHOLE SERIES INEVITABLY CALLS TO MIND THE PREDELLA OF AN
 ITALIAN PRIMITIVE ALTAR-PIECE - DUCCIO , GIOTTO , WHO-HAVE-
YOU - IN WHICH , AS YOU KNOW , THE ARTIST WAS ACCUSTOMED TO
DEPICT SCENES FROM THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF THE SAINTS FEATUR
ED IN THE MAIN ALTAR-PIECE ITSELF . $
BUT IF THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT MACRUNE WAS CONSCIOUSLY IM
ITATING THIS GENRE , EQUALLY THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT OF A MORE
 CONTEMPORARY INFLUENCE ON THE ARTIST : I REFER TO THE STRIP
 CARTOON AND PARTICULARLY THAT BRANCH OF IT WHICH CELEBRATES
 THE CULT OF THE SUPER-WOMAN OF BELTED GIRL . $
01 CHUNKY , RAVEN-HEIRED , ROSAURA SANCHEZ , AN EXPERT IN PH
ILOSOPHY AND JUDO , IS ON HER WAY TO THE GUERRILLA CAMP AT N
ANCAHUAZU . $
ROUND HER WAIST , A BELT CONTAINING ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRE
D DOLLARS IN CASH , FUNDS FOR THE GUERRILLEROS . $
SHE HAS REACHED A PRE-ARRANGED RENDEZVOUS IN THE JUNGLE . $
27 THINKS : WHAT 'S GONE WRONG ? $
I HAD WORD THE GUIDE WOULD MEET ME HERE . $
01 BUT , UNSEEN BY ROSAURA , A GUERRILLERO CALLED COQUE LOPE
 , NICKNAMED ' MEANFACE ' , IS KEEPING THE APPOINTMENT . $
28 THINKS : $
THEY LITTLE KNOW THAT I AM FED TO THE TEETH WITH GUERRILLA L
IFE . $
BUT MY LUCK 'S IN . $
27 I THOUGHT I HEARD A MOVEMENT IN THE UNDERGROWTH . $
28 FIRST I 'LL HAVE THE BIRD AND AFTERWARDS THE CASH . $
THEN IT 'S A NEW NAME FOR COQUE LOPE AND QUICK TRACKS FOR TH
E FRONTIER . $
27 GETTING JUMPY . $
RELAX , GIRL . $
THAT 'S THE SIGNAL . $
THERE ARE NO REAL OWLS IN THESE PARTS . $
28 VENCEREMOS . $
27 VENCEREMOS . $
28 HI , THERE . $
YOU 'RE THE BEST SIGHT I 'VE CLAPPED EYES ON IN TWENTY WEEKS
 . $
27 TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER , COMRADE . $
28 YOU MUST BE TIRED . $
27 TIRED OF WAITING . $
LET 'S GO . $
28 NOT SO FAST , LOVELY . $
I 'M FOR A LITTLE LIE DOWN , MYSELF . $
27 ALL RIGHT , YOU WIN . $
28 GOOD GIRL . $
MIND IF I JOIN YOU ? $
27 COME ON DOWN , COMRADE . $
28 WON'T YOU LOOSEN YOUR BELT , COMRADE ? $
27 GIVE ME A HAND , COMRADE . $
ON YOUR FEET , COMRADE . $
THE ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER HOBBES HAD A PHRASE FOR YOU : NASTY
, BRUTISH AND SHORT . $
LET 'S GO . $
01 BUT CLEVER , MUSCULAR ROSAURA HAS ONE WEAKNESS : SHE IS A
LWAYS READY TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF PEOPLE . $
28 YOU MUST THINK I 'M NO GOOD . $
27 YOU DON'T MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION , COMRADE . $
28 I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME . $
27 IT WAS FAIRLY OBVIOUS TO ME . $
28 GIVE ME A BREAK , COMRADE . $
I 'VE LOST MY SELF-RESPECT . $
I WOULD RATHER YOU SHOT ME HERE AND NOW THAN TELL CHE AND TH
E OTHERS WHEN WE REACH THE CAMP . $
27 YOUR FEELING DOES YOU CREDIT , COMRADE . $
AS THE FRENCH PHILOSOPHER ROUSSEAU SAID : ' CONSCIENCE IS TH
E VOICE OF THE SOUL : THE PASSIONS ARE THE VOICE OF THE BODY
 . ' $
PLEASE GET UP , COMRADE . $
28 BUT YOU PROMISE TO KEEP IT QUIET ? $
27 PUT THIS BACK IN YOUR POCKET . $
28 YOU 'RE TOO GOOD TO ME . $
27 COME ON . $
01 BUT COQUE LOPE IS NOT THE MAN TO BE WON OVER BY KINDNESS
... $
AS THEY REACH A BEND IN THE JUNGLE PATH ... $
28 RIGHT , BABY . $
STRIP THAT BELT AND THROW IT ON THE GROUND . $
27 THIS BELT CONTAINS MONEY FOR THE CAUSE . $
28 DON'T I KNOW IT ? $
THE CAUSE YOU 'RE REFERRING TO IS MY RETIREMENT IN ARGENTINA
 . $
27 I TRUSTED YOU , COMRADE . $
28 MORE FOOL YOU . $
STRIP OFF AND THROW DOWN , BABY , OR TAKE WHAT 'S COMING TO
YOU . $
28 COMRADE , I BEG YOU , DON'T SHOOT ! $
IF YOU EVER HAD A FATHER , DON'T SHOOT ! $
I HAVE TWELVE LITTLE CHILDREN WHO LOOK TO ME FOR EVERYTHING
. $
THINK OF MY CHILDREN , NOT OF ME . $
27 WERE YOU INTENDING TO TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO ARGENTINA ? $
28 I WAS , I WAS . $
IT WAS FOR THEM I WANTED THE MONEY . $
27 GET UP AND GET MOVING . $
28 YOU 'RE NOT TAKING ME TO THE CAMP ? $
27 NO , YOU 'RE TAKING ME . $
28 I AM A WORM , COMRADE , A REAL GUSANO . $
BUT IF YOU TAKE ME TO THE CAMP , CHE WILL SURELY PUT A BULLE
T THROUGH MY HEAD . $
I 'VE SEEN HIM DO IT ON A MATTER OF DISCIPLINE . $
IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WERE TO SHOOT ME NOW . $
27 IT MIGHT BE BETTER FOR YOU , BUT I NEED SOMEONE TO SHOW M
E THE WAY . $
28 COMRADE , ALTHOUGH I TAKE ALL THE BLAME FOR THIS ACCIDENT
 ON MYSELF , SOME OF THE BLAME WAS YOURS . $
27 YOU MEAN , I SHOULD HAVE LET YOU RAPE ME AND TAKE THE MON
EY ? $
28 NO , BUT IF YOU HAD BEEN A MAN SUCH A BAD THOUGHT WOULD N
EVER HAVE COME INTO MY HEAD . $
27 I CAN'T HOLD MYSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT BEING A MAN . $
28 NO , BUT IF WHEN IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD NOT B
EEN WEAK AND GIVEN ME BACK THE GUN , IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPE
NED THE SECOND TIME . $
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27 THAT 'S A BETTER ARGUMENT . $
AS THE ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER LOCKE SAID : ' ALL MEN ARE LIABLE
 TO ERROR ; AND MOST MEN ARE , IN MANY POINTS , BY PASSION O
R INTEREST , UNDER TEMPTATION TO IT . ' $
BUT EVEN IF I GAVE YOU TOO MUCH TEMPTATION , YOU STILL ACTED
 LIKE A WORM . $
28 I DID , COMRADE . $
BUT WHY ? $
BECAUSE OF MY MISERABLE LIFE . $
NO ONE WANTS TO BE A GUSANO , BUT WHAT HAS MADE ME A GUSANO
IS THE BOLIVIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM . $
27 TRUE . $
AS THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER EMERSON SAID ; $
' WHAT IS A WEED ? $
A PLANT WHOSE VIRTUES HAVE NOT YET BEEN DISCOVERED . ' $
GET UP , COMRADE . $
I HAVE DECIDED TO SAY NOTHING OF ALL THIS TO CHE , IN THE HO
PE THAT FROM NOW ON YOU WILL CEASE TO BE A WEED AND A WORM .
 $
28 I SHALL , COMRADE , YOU 'LL SEE HOW I REPAY YOUR GENEROUS
 INSTINCT . $
01 ARRIVED AT THE CAMP , ROSAURA SAYS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HAP
PENED . $
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS CHE LEAVES THE CAMP ON A TRAINING MARCH A
ND LOPE TAKES A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH . $
27 MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T TAKE PHOTOS . $
11 WHY NOT ? $
WE WANT TO SHOW OUR GRANDCHILDREN WHO IT WAS THAT SET BOLIVI
A FREE . $
27 BUT FOR SECURITY REASONS . $
29 CHE HAD PICTURES TAKEN WHEN HE WAS IN CUBA . $
16 GET ON WITH IT , LOPE ! $
THINK OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN . $
28 READY , COMRADES ? $
16 READY . $
11 BUT YOU WON'T BE IN THE PICTURE , LOPE . $
28 DON'T WORRY , PEREDO . $
IT 'S NOT MY FACE I WANT TO REMEMBER . $
WATCH THE BIRD , COMRADES ! $
AND ANOTHER . $
AND A THIRD . $
AND ANOTHER . $
29 HOW MANY DO YOU WANT , COMRADE ? $
28 I WANT TO BE SURE WE GET A GOOD ONE . $
THE LIGHT 'S NOT TOO GOOD UNDER THE TREES . $
THANKS , COMRADES . $
25 BUT WHEN CHE RETURNS AND HEARS ABOUT THE PHOTOS HE ORDERS
 ALL THE COPIES WHICH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE GUERRILLE
ROS TO BE CONFISCATED AND BURIED IN A METAL CONTAINER . $
THAT WAY IF THE GUERRILLEROS FINALLY WIN THE WAR THEY CAN RE
TURN AND RECOVER THE PHOTOS , BUT IF THEY LOSE THE ARMY WILL
 NEVER FIND THEM TO USE AS EVIDENCE . $
LOVELY , ATHLETIC , PHILOSOPHIC ROSAURA RETURNS TO THE CAPIT
AL WHERE SHE CONTINUES TO STUDY PHILOSOPHY AND TO ACT AS A C
ONTACT WITH THE GUERRILLEROS . $
BUT SOON , PRESSED HARD BY THE ARMY , THE GUERRILLEROS HAVE
TO ABANDON THEIR CAMP AT NANCAHUAZU AND DURING THE MOVE COQU
E LOPE DISAPPEARS . $
HAS HE BEEN CAPTURED BY THE ARMY OR HAS HE RETURNED TO HIS F
AMILY OF TWELVE CHILDREN ? $
NEITHER ... $
28 X MARKS THE SPOT , LIEUTENANT . $
30 GET DIGGING , THEN . $
28 I WAS PAID FOR INFORMATION , LIEUTENANT , NOT FOR MANUAL
LABOUR . $
30 YOU ARE DISGUSTING . $
I 'D AS SOON SHOOT YOU AS HAVE YOU BEASTLY INFORMATION . $
01 BACK IN HER THIRD FLOOR FLAT IN THE CAPITAL , ROSAURA IS
EXPECTING THE USUAL MESSAGE FROM THE GUERRILLA TO BE PUSHED
THROUGH HER LETTER BOX ... $
27 ' WHAT EXPERIENCE AND HISTORY TEACH IS THIS - THAT PEOPLE
 AND GOVERNMENTS NEVER HAVE LEARNT ANYTHING FROM HISTORY , O
R ACTED ON PRINCIPLES DEDUCED FROM IT . ' $
THIS IS A DISCOMFORTING OBSERVATION BY THE GERMAN PHILOSOPHE
R HEGEL . $
WAS I WISE TO TRUST LOPE A SECOND TIME ? $
HEGEL IS PROBABLY WRONG . $
WHO IS THAT ? $
30 MIS ROSAURA SANCHEZ ? $
27 WHAT DO YOU WANT ? $
30 MAY I BE PERMITTED TO REMARK THAT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH , TAKEN
 AS IT IS IN A BAD LIGHT AND BY AN AMATEUR OPERATIVE , DOES
YOU LESS THAN JUSTICE ? $
DOOR . $
WINDOW . $
27 WHAT DO YOU WANT ? $
30 CIGARETTE , MISS SANCHEZ ? $
I 'M TOLD YOU ARE STUDYING PHILOSOPHY , MISS SANCHEZ ? $
27 WHAT ABOUT IT ? $
30 I MYSELF ONCE FOLLOWED A SHORT COURSE OF PHILOSOPHY . $
27 HOW INTERESTING . $
I STILL REMEMBER ONE SAYING OF THE FRENCHMAN VOLTAIRE : ' IT
 IS SAID THAT GOD IS ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE BIG BATTALION
S . ' $
27 WHAT OF THAT ? $
30 IT WAS FOOLISH OF YOU TO STRAY OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF YOUR
 CHOSEN SUBJECT INTO AREAS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND . $
27 I HAD NO CHOICE IN THE MATTER . $
AS THE GREEK PHILOSOPHER ARISTOTLE SAID : ' MAN IS BY NATURE
 A POLITICAL ANIMAL . ' $
30 INDEED YES , BUT YOU MUST BEAR IN MIND THE WORDS OF THE R
USSIAN LENIN : ' IT IS TRUE THAT LIBERTY IS PRECIOUS - SO PR
ECIOUS THAT IT MUST BE RATIONED . ' $
27 I AM AN ADMIRER OF LENIN , BUT I PREFER IN THIS CONTEXT T
O REMIND MYSELF OF THE TWO WAYS POSITED BY THE DANISH PHILOS
OPHER KIERKEGAARD : ' ONE IS TO SUFFER , THE OTHER IS TO BEC
OME A PROFESSOR OF THE FACT THAT ANOTHER SUFFERED . ' $
30 A FOOLISH DISTINCTION . $
AS THE ROMAN CICERO OBSERVED IN LATIN : ' NOTHING SO ABSURD
CAN BE SAID , THAT SOME PHILOSOPHER HAS NOT SAID IT . ' $
27 WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME ? $
30 DO YOU NOT ENJOY A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION , MISS SANCHE
Z ? $
I ASSURE YOU THAT FOR ME IT IS A RARE PLEASURE . $
THERE ARE SO FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES IN THE BARRACKS WHO HAVE T
HE NECESSARY EDUCATION TO SATISFY MY THIRST FOR AN EXCHANGE
OF VIEWS ... $
YES , YES . $
I WILL RETURN TOMORROW , MISS SANCHEZ , TO CONTINUE OUR CONV
ERSATION . $
MANY THANKS FOR THE PLEASURE . $
OH ! $
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE BEEN GOOD ENOUGH TO AGREE TO REMAIN
 BEHIND , SO THAT YOUR STUDIES WILL BE QUITE UNDISTURBED . $
GOOD AFTERNOON , MISS SANCHEZ . $
GOOD MORNING , MISS SANCHEZ . $
THE COMMUNICATION YOU RECEIVED YESTERDAY WENT DOWN VERY WELL
 IN CERTAIN ELEVATED CIRCLES , YOU 'LL BE PROUD TO LEARN . $
MUCH ENLIGHTENMENT ALL ROUND . $
AS THE AMERICAN THOREAU ONCE REMARKED : ' SOME CIRCOMSTANTIA
L EVIDENCE IS VERY STRONG , AS WHEN YOU FIND A TROUT IN THE
MILK . ' $
27 ONE OF YOUR HEELS WATCHED ME TAKE A BATH . $
THE OTHER STAYED IN MY BEDROOM ALL NIGHT . $
30 THEY HAVE STRICT ORDERS , MISS SANCHEZ , AND I SHALL ASK
YOU TO INFORM ME OF ANY SERIOUS INFRINGEMENT . $
NEVERTHELESS , DO TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW
 . $
IT IS NOT AT ALL EASY FOR A MAN , HOWEVER WELL-DISCIPLINED ,
 TO KEEP AN EYE ON A PHILOSOPHER OF YOUR SHAPE WITHOUT SOME
PHYSICAL STRAIN TO HIMSELF . $
27 DO YOU ENJOY BEING THE TOOL OF A DICTATORSHIP ? $
30 I LOOK AT IT RATHER DIFFERENTLY . $
WE MUST ACCEPT THE HUMAN CONDITION FOR WHAT IT IS . $
IN THE WORDS OF THE CHINAMAN LAO-TZU : ' HEAVEN AND EARTH AR
E NOT RUTHFUL : TO THEM THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS ARE BUT AS S
TRAW DOGS . ' $
EXCUSE ME . $
YES , YES . $
WE SHALL HAVE TO RESUME OUR DIALOGUE TOMORROW , MISS SANCHEZ
 . $
GOOD AFTERNOON . $
GOOD MORNING , MISS SANCHEZ . $
A SLIGHT CONTRETEMPS HAS ARISEN . $
DELIGHTED AS THEY WERE WITH YOUR SECOND COMMUNICATION , THE
ELEVATED CIRCLES TO WHICH I REFERRED EARLIER FEEL THAT SOME
SORT OF REPLY IS CALLED FOR , SO THAT THIS MOST FASCINATING
CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD NOT BE INTERRUPTED . $
IS THAT YOUR TYOEWRITER ? $
SHALL WE COMPOSE A SUITABLE REPLY TOGETHER ? $
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REGRETS , MISS SANCHEZ . $
I HAD HOPED TO KEEP OUR RELATIONSHIP ON A CIVIL FOOTING . $
HOWEVER , AS THE GREEK HERACLEITUS SAID : ' ALL IS FLUX , NO
 THING STAY STILL . ' $
I 'M AFRAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE PAIN IN MY MOUTH , I SHALL H
AVE TO RETURN TOMORROW . $
IT GRIEVES ME STILL MORE THAT YOU WILL EITHER TO HAVE TO SLE
EP IN YOUR CLOTHES OR ASK THESE GENTLEMEN TO ASSIST YOU OUT
OF THEM . $
GOOD AFTERNOON , MISS SANCHEZ . $
GOOD MORNING , MISS SANCHEZ . $
IT IS DOING ME THE WORLD OF GOOD FITNESS-WISE , CLIMBING ALL
 THE WAY UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR DAY-BY-DAY . $
HOW ARE YOU ? $
I AM QUITE WELL , BUT FOR THE LOSS OF ONE TOOTH SINCE AN EME
RGENCY VISIT TO MY DENTIST YESTERDAY EVENING . $
I SUGGEST THAT WE BEGIN RIGHT AWAY TODAY WITH OUR PROJECTED
LITERARY COLLABORATION . $
HOW SHOULD I BEGIN ? $
' GREETINGS , COMRADES ' ? $
27 I USE A SPECIAL SECRET STAMP IN THE PLACE WHERE THE ADDRE
SS NORMALLY GOES . $
30 A VERY SENSIBLE PRECAUTION . $
WHERE IS THE STAMP ? $
27 IT 'S IN MY BEDROOM . $
30 OF COURSE . $
27 THE BEDSTEAD IS MADE OF BRASS . $
AT THE CENTRE OF THE BAR AT THE HEAD IS A HOLLOW BRASS BALL
, WHICH UNSCREWS . $
THE STAMP IS INSIDE THE BRASS BALL . $
30 WE WOULD NEVER THOUGH OF LOOKING THERE . $
AND NOW , TO LOSE NO TIME , HOW SHALL WE START THE MESSAGE ?
 $
27 I SUGGEST THE WORDS OF THE ENGLISH PHILOSOPHER BERTRAND R
USSELL : ' BRIEF AND POWERFULL IS MAN'S LIFE ; ON HIM AND AL
L HIS RACE THE SLOW , SURE DOOM FALLS PITILESS AND DARK . '
30 THIS IS RATHER A PESSIMISTIC SENTIMENT , MISS SANCHEZ . $
IS IT A CODE ? $
27 NOT REALLY , BUT I SUPPOSE YOU MIGHT SAY IT 'S A CODA . $
31 THAT 'S THE WORST WASTE OF A NICE BIT OF PROPERTY I EVER
SAW , SIR . $
30 STOP GAWPING , YOU IDIOT . $
GET DOWN THE STAIRS LIKE A DEMON OUT OF HELL . $
IF PEOPLE SEE SHE 'S WEARING BRACELETS , WE 'RE IN TROUBLE .
 $
32 TWO POINTS TO REPORT , SIR : FIRST , THIS BALL 'S SOLID ;
 SECOND , THERE 'S NOTHING IN IT . $
02 ' THERE IS ANOTHER MANOEUVRE WHICH WE FREQUENTLY USE TO E
XHAUST A NUMMERICALLY SUPERIOR ENEMY . $
IT IS CALLED ' THE MINUET ' . $
FOR EXAMPLE , THE ENEMY IS ADVANCING IN COLUMN . $
THE GUERRILLAS LIE IN WAIT AT THE FOUR POINTS OF THE COMPAS
S . $
THE DANCE BEGINS AS ONE POINT OPENS FIRE ON THE ENEMY . $
THE ENEMY , OF COURSE , MOVES TOWARDS THAT POINT . $
NOW A SECOND GUERRILLA POINT OPENS FIRE AND DRAWS OUT THE EN
EMY IN A NEW DIRECTION . $
SO WHEN THE PARTNERS AT ALL FOUR POINTS HAVE ENTERED THE DAN
CE THE ENEMY COLUMN IS IMMOBILISED . $
AND WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THEMSELVES THE GUERRILLAS INFLICT CONS
IDERABLE CASUALTIES ON THE ENEMY , CAUSING HIM TO WASTE AMMU
NITION AND LOSE MORALE . ' $
20 YOU 'VE NO COMMENTS TO MAKE ? $
03 SHOULD I HAVE ? $
20 I GET THE IMPRESSION WITH A WRITER OF YOUR COLOUR THAT YO
U 'VE GENERALLY GOT A LOT MORE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT YOU 'VE WRI
TTEN THAN YOU 'VE BEEN ABLE OR WILLING TO SAY IN IT . $
03 PEOPLE MUST OCCUPY THEIR THOUGHTS WITH SOMETHING , THEY M
UST HAVE TOPICS OF CONVERSATION ... $
20 LOOK , WHAT 'S WRONG WITH YOU , HOTEL , IS THAT YOU 'VE S
PENT SO LONG LOCKED UP WITH YOURSELF IN YOUR STUDY , YOU REA
LLY THINK BOOKS ARE THE SAME AS PEOPLE . $
YOU 'RE LIVING AT ONE REMOVE FROM LIFE . $
YOU 'RE ONLY HALF A MAN , HOTEL . $
03 LESS . $
I 'D SAY I WAS ONE-FIFTH MAN , AND FOUR-FIFTHS SYNTHETIC . $
20 YOU ADMIT IT . $
03 YOU DON'T THINK THAT OTHER AUTHORS ARE EQUALLY DEFICIENT
? $
20 NO , I DON'T . $
SHAKESPEARE , IBSEN , D H LAWRENCE - THOSE WERE REAL MEN . $
03 BUT , THEN , ISN'T THERE A TINY NICHE FOR ME ? $
AMONG ALL THOSE REAL MEN , ISN'T THERE SOME CALL FOR ONE GEN
UINELY SYNTHETIC AUTHOR ? $
20 THERE IS NOT . $
WE 'LL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES TO GET CLEAR OF THE BUILDING , H
OTEL , AND IF I WERE YOU , I 'D KEEP IT AS UNOBTRUSIVE AS PO
SSIBLE . $
03 ARE YOU YOURSELF A FULL MAN ? $
20 WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING ? $
I CAN PROVE IT TO YOU ANY TIME YOU LIKE . $
A MAN IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD . $
03 I THINK NOT . $
I THINK THAT IF YOU EXAMINE YOURSELF MORE CAREFULLY YOU WILL
 FIND THAT YOU ARE NO MORE THAN THE RECEPTACLE FOR A VAST CL
UTTER OF RECEIVED IDEAS , IDEAS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOUNDED L
ONG AGO IN THE MISTS OF TIME , IMITATED AND IMITATED AGAIN B
Y COUNTLESS GENERATIONS OF CHEAP AUTHORS , TELEVISION SCRIPT
-WRITERS , NEWSPAPERS COLUMNISTS , LETTER-WRITERS AND CAMP-F
OLLOWERS OF EVERY KINF . $
WHAT IS SO VERY REAL ABOUT YOU ? $
NO AUTHOR WOULD DARE TO CREATE A CHARACTER AS ARTIFICIAL , A
S SECOND-HAND , AS UNMEMORABLE AS YOU ... $
20 ALL I 'M SAYING IS THAT YOU 'RE SHORT ON EMOTION . $
YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING ... $
03 I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ... $
20 YOU ANALYSE EVERYTHING OUT OF EXISTENCE . $
WHAT THE HELL HAS ALL THIS GOT TO DO WITH GUEVARA , WITH SEV
EN DEAD MEN , FOR GOD'S SAKE ? $
03 WHAT HAVE HE OR THEY GOT TO GO WITH US ? $
20 GOOD GOD , MAN , THEY WERE REAL ... REAL HUMAN BEINGS ...
 THAT 'S WHAT THEY 'VE GOT TO DO WITH US . $
03 REAL TO THEMSELVES , NO DOUBT . $
BUT NO MORE REAL TO US THAN , WHAT SHALL WE SAY , THESE ACTO
RS , OR THE PARTS THEY ARE PLAYING . $
NO MORE REAL TO EACH OTHER . $
YOU DON'T SUPPOSE THAT IF THESE SEVEN MEN HAD BEEN REAL HUMA
N BEINGS TO GUEVARA HE COULD HAVE DONE THAT TO THEM , DO YOU
 ? $
06 MOI , JULIEN SOREL , I LODGE AU REZ-DE-CHAUSSEE , ON THE
RIGHT AS YOU ENTER FROM THE STREET . $
M MACRUNE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH ME . $
03 REALLY ? $
DID YOU KNOW HIM WELL ? $
06 FOR A BRIEF HONEYMOON PERIOD WE ENJOYED A CORDIAL EXCHANG
E OF VIEWS . $
AFTER THAT , WE WERE AT DAGGERS DRAWN . $
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A PORTRAIT OF MYSELF . $
THIS WAS EXECUTED BY M MACRUNE AT MY REQUEST AND DEPICTS THE
 INTELLECTUAL IN PRISON , BUT HIS IDEAS NONETHELESS CANNOT B
E SILENCED . $
IN THIS PICTURE I WISHED TO DECLARE MY SOLIDARITY WITH MY CO
MPATRIOT AND FELLOW-INTELLECTUAL , M REGIS DEBRAY , NOW IMPR
ISONED FOR THIRTY YEARS BY THE BOLIVIAN DICTATORSHIP BECAUSE
 OF HIS ASSOCIATION WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY HERO , CHE GUEVAR
A . $
03 HOW DID YOU COME TO QUARREL WITH MACRUNE ? $
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06 IT BECAME ABSOLUTELY CLEAR TO ME THAT M MACRUNE WAS OPPOS
ED TO INTELLECTUALS . $
WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED . $
THERE IS ONLY ONE MEANS OF OBTAINING THE REVOLUTION AND THAT
 IS BY TOTAL VIOLENCE . $
THIS IS THE INTELLECTUAL POSITION IN A NUTSHELL . $
NOW , MONSIEUR , I WISH TO UNLOCK FOR YOU A DOOR TO WHICH I
ALONE HOLD THE KEY . $
I SPEAK OF THE MISSING YEARS OF THE MAITRE . $
WHERE WAS CHE GUEVARA BETWEEN THE TIME WHEN HE RESIGNED HIS
OFFICIAL POSTS IN CUBA AND THE TIME WHEN HE REAPPEARED IN BO
LIVIA ? $
DID HE BECOME A WANDERER IN MANY LANDS , STRIKING TERROR INT
O THE HEARTS OF EVIL MEN ? $
WAS HE OFTEN IN DISGUISE ? $
HE DID AND HE WAS ... YOU ARE LOOKING AT ME AS IF I WAS MAD
, MONSIEUR . $
03 NO , NO , JUST CONCENTRATING . $
06 THERE ARE THOSE WHO THINK I AM MAD , THAT I HAVE LOST MY
FAMOUS FRENCH REASON . $
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE . $
I SHALL NOW REVEAL TO YOU THAT THROUGHOUT HIS WANDERINGS THE
 MAITRE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A SINGLE CONFRERE . $
THAT SOLE WITNESS TO HIS DEEDS AND SAYINGS , THAT BELOVED DI
SCIPLE WAS MYSELF , JULIEN SOREL . $
MOI-MEME . $
THIS , THEN , IS THE STORY OF THE MISSING YEARS . $
06 I REMEMBER WE HAD LANDED JUST BEFORE DAWN FROM A SMALL BO
AT ON THE COAST OF NORTH AFRICA . $
THAT EVENING WE FOUND OURSELVES IN THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT OF
 ONE OF THE LARGER CITIES OF THE REGION . $
IT WAS A NIGHT CLUB KNOWN AS THE SECRET OF THE SEVEN VEILS .
.. $
06 WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS , MAITRE ? $
TRULY A COMPLIMENT TO US . $
WE HAVE BEEN THROWN THE ROSE . $
02 GIVE IT TO ME . $
THERE IS MORE TO THIS FLOWER THAN MEETS THE EYE . $
06 THE PROMISE OF DELIGHTS TO COME . $
02 CAST YOUR EYE OVER THE PETALS , SOREL . $
06 MON DIEU ! $
FALSE . $
THIS IS A PAPER ROSE . $
02 THERE IS WRITING ON THE PAPER . $
QUIET ! $
' HAVE RECOGNISED YOU AS THE REVOLUTIONARY HERO . $
NEED HELP . $
DEBORAH . ' $
06 ZUT ALORS ! $
WILL YOU COMPLY , MAITRE ? $
02 QUIET ! $
OUR BIRD IS APPROACHING . $
08 I WILL TELL YOU MY STORY AS BRIEFLY AS I CAN ... $
02 HOW ARE YOU FIXED FOR TONIGHT , DARLING ? $
06 QU'ESTCEQUC'ESTQUECA ? $
02 RETAIN YOUR SENSE OF DISCRETION , YOU FRENCH NITWIT , OR
YOU WILL SINK THE BATEAU . $
YOU SEE WHAT YOU ARE UP AGAINST ? $
08 I AM A WHITE SLAVE . $
02 SOREL , THE FIRST ESSENTIAL FOR A REVOLUTIONARY IS SELF-C
ONTROL . $
IN BOURGEOIS CIRCLES IT MAY BE PERMISSIBLE TO RAISE YOUR EYE
BROWS AND WHISTLE , BUT IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT IN MY COMPA
NY , I SHALL SHOOT YOU DEAD . $
PLEASE CONTINUE . $
08 I WAS BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE , ENGLAND .
$
MY FATHER WAS A BRIGADIER IN THE BRITISH ARMY AND I WAS SENT
 TO SCHOOL AT CHELTENHAM LADIES' COLEGE . $
FIVE YEARS AGO I MET A YOUNG MAN FROM THE HONG KONG POLICE .
 $
HE WAS AN ENGLISHMAN HIMSELF , OF COURSE . $
WELL , JAMES HAD TO RETURN TO HONG KONG WHEN HIS LEAVE WAS O
VER BUT WE AGREED TO GET MARRIED DURING HIS NEXT LEAVE . $
02 YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME , DARLING . $
13 GOOD EVENING , EFFENDI . $
I HOPE YOU ARE LIKING OUR HOSPITALITY ? $
02 YOUR HOSPITALITY IS CONSTRUCTED ON THE MOST GENEROUS PROP
ORTIONS AND PROVES HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TO THE WEARY TRAVELLER
. $
13 A THOUSAND THANKS , EFFENDI . $
BUT YOUR FRIEND IS ALSO A WEARY TRAVELLER , I THINK . $
DOES HE , TOO , WISH TO BE ENTERTAINED ? $
02 AH ... MY FRIEND ... $
13 I UNDERSTAND , EFFENDI . $
06 MAITRE , WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HIM ? $
02 HE WAS ABOUT TO BRING ANOTHER WOMAN TO TABLE . $
I WAS FORCED TO INVENT A SPECIAL TASTE FOR YOU . $
CONTINUE , PLEASE . $
08 SO JAMES AND I WERE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED . $
BUT THEN I DID A VERY FOOLISH THING . $
JAMES WAS COMING HOME BY SEA AND HIS SHIP WAS TO CALL AT MAR
SEILLES , SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE HIM A REAL SURPRISE AND
BE ON THE QUAY AT MARSEILLES TO MEET HIM . $
06 PSST ! $
ENCORE THE MANAGER ... $
13 IF YOUR FRIEND IS IMPATIENT TO BEGIN , HE NEED NOT WAIT F
OR YOU , EFFENDI . $
I HAVE ANOTHER CUSTOMER WHO IS VERY WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE T
HIS TASTE OF YOUR FRIEND'S . $
02 HOW KIND OF YOU TO GO TO SO MUCH TROUBLE ON MY FRIEND'S B
EHALF , BUT UNFORTUNATELY ... $
13 I UNDERSTAND , EFFENDI . $
NOT EVERY DOORWAY OPENS UPON PARADISES , AS THE GOOD BOOK SA
YS . $
I COULD ALMOST DESIRE MYSELF TO BE ONE OF YOUR PARTY . $
02 HOW THAT WOULD PLEASE ME TOO , MY FRIEND , BUT ALAS , I H
AVE ALSO READ THAT EVERY MAN DOES NOT ENTER PARADISE BY THE
SAME DOORWAY . $
13 VERY TRUE , EFFENDI . $
I SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT ONLY A RARE PERFORMER , BUT ALSO A MA
N OF LEARNING AND RELIGION . $
BON APPETIT , EFFENDI . $
02 CONTINUE . $
08 WHILE I WAS STANDING ON THE QUAY AT MARSEILLES A KINDLY O
LD ENGLISHMAN APPROACHED ME AND TOLD ME HE HAD KNOWN MY FATH
ER BEFORE THE WAR . $
HE INSISTED ON TREATING ME TO A DRINK AT A NEARBY CAFE AND W
HEN I WOKE UP I FOUND MYSELF ON A BOAT BOUND FOR NORTH AFRIC
A . $
02 LISTEN CAREFULLY . $
TELL THE MANAGER THAT HE IS TO EXPECT US AT THE SAME TIME TO
MORROW NIGHT . $
YOU YOURSELF WILL DANCE YOUR DANCE AS USUAL , TAKING SPECIAL
 CARE TO DRAW EYES TOWARDS YOU . $
ANY QUESTIONS ? $
08 NO , I WILL RELY ON YOU . $
THANK YOU . $
06 A FINE WOMAN . $
PERHAPS WE SHALL GET TO KNOW HER BETTER . $
02 SHE IS MUCH MISTAKEN IF SHE THINKS THAT SUCH A STORY CAN
TOUCH MY HEART . $
WHY SHOULD I FEEL PITY FOR THE DAUGHTER OF A BRIGADIER JUST
BECAUSE SHE BECAME A WHITE SLAVE ? $
06 I SEE WHAT YOU ARE GETTING AT . $
SHE IS ONE OF THE EXPLOITING CLASSES . $
02 THIS WHOLE OUTFIT IS CORRUPT , SOREL , FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
 , AND THERE IS NO HEALTH IN IT THAT I CAN DISCOVER . $
WE SHALL RETURN TOMORROW NIGHT . $
EVERYTHING IS GOING ACCORDING TO PLAN . $
06 BUT WHAT IS YOUR PLAN , MAITRE ? $
02 QUIET ! $
NOW ! $
FOLLOW ME AS QUICKLY AND QUIETLY AS YOU CAN . $
06 WHAT NOW , MAITRE ? $
HERE WE ARE IN THE STREET AGAIN , BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED . $
02 WE HAVE ONLY A MOMENT TO WAIT . $
NOW ( $
DOWN ( $
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06 SO THERE WAS A BOMB CONCEALED IN THE BAG ! $
BUT , MAITRE , WHO HAS ESCAPED ? $
02 NO ONE HAS ESCAPED . $
WE HAVE RID THE WORLD OF A SINK OF CORRUPTION AND THE WORLD
IS ALREADY A BETTER PLACE . $
06 WHAT SIMPLICITY ! $
WHAT A BRILLIANT SOLUTION TO A TANGLED SKEIN OF INTRIGUE . $
I SALUTE YOU . $
QU'ESTCEQUEC'ESTQUECA ? $
AH , POOR WOMAN . $
02 DO NOT SHED TEARS OVER THE PAST , YOU SENTIMENTAL FRENCH
POUF . $
OTHER TASKS AWAIT US IN THE GLORIOUS FUTURE . $
06 DURING OUR TRAVELS THE MAITRE AND I ENTERED THE CONGO . $
IT SO HAPPENED THAT I WAS CARRYING A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
, PRESSED UPON ME BY A CERTAIN BOURGEOIS CONTACT AND ADDRESS
ED TO A BELGIAN ESTATE OWNER . $
THIS MAN , THROUGH ALL THE TROUBLES , HAD CLUNG TO HIS POSSE
SSIONS LIKE A LIMPET TO A ROCK : THE SUCCESSIVE WAVES OF REV
OLUTION , COUNTER-REVOLUTION , COUNTER-COUNTER-REVOLUTION HA
D FAILED TO DISLODGE HIM . $
04 OF COURSE , THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY WERE . $
YOU HAVE TO TREAT YOUR WORKERS AS IF THEY WERE MADE OF DELFT
 . $
02 I SUPPOSE THAT EVERY DAY THE WORKERS' DEMANDS GROW STRONG
ER . $
04 YOU MUST BE JOKING . $
I 'M NOT KNOWN AS BLACK JAQUES FOR NOTHING . $
MY WORKERS ARE VERY GOOD , VERY DOCILE . $
BUT YOU CAN'T FLOG THEM AS YOU USED TO , YOU CAN'T FEED THEM
 TO THE MONKEYS AFTER BREAKFAST AS YOU USED TO . $
06 BUT SURELY , MONKEYS ... ? $
04 OH , EVEN THE MONKEYS ARE CARNIVOROUS AROUND HERE , MY FR
IEND . $
I 'LL FIX YOU ANOTHER DRINK , MES AMIS . $
06 WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THIS HEEL , MAITRE ? $
02 QUIET ! $
04 TO CIVILISATION , MESSIEURS ! $
02 AS WE UNDERSTAND IT . $
04 THAT IS THE CRUX , MONSIEUR . $
WE HAVE A DUTY TO REMAIN THE MASTERS , BECAUSE WE ARE THE ON
LY ONES WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT CIVILISATION IS . $
02 TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF , MONSIEUR . $
ARE YOU ALL ON YOUR OWN HERE ? $
04 WHY DO YOU ASK ME THIS QUESTION , MONSIEUR ? $
06 IT SEEMS YOU HAVE TOUCHED SOME NERVE , MAITRE . $
04 YOU ASKED ME IF I WAS ALL ON MY OWN HERE . $
IF YOU HAD ASKED ME THIS QUESTION YESTERDAY , I SHOULD HAVE
REPLIED : NON , MONSIEUR . $
THOUGH I LIVE IN AN ISOLATED PART OF A SAVAGE COUNTRY , IN T
HE HEART OF A BLACK CONTINENT , I HAVE ALL THE COMPANY I DES
IRE . $
OVER THE HILL , ON THE NEXT ESTATE , LIVES MY BEST FRIEND ,
MY COUNTRYMAN FRANK LE BLANC , AND HERE IN MY OWN HOUSE LIVE
S MY DEAR WIFE ANGELIQUE . $
THIS IS WHAT I SHOULD HAVE RELIED YESTERDAY . $
BUT TODAY ... YES TODAY I AM ALL ALONE HERE . $
ALONE IN THE DARKNESS OF AFRICA . $
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND YOU MAY PERHAPS BE ABL
E TO GIVE ME SOME ADVICE IN RETURN . $
02 WE SHALL BE HAPPY TO DO WHAT WE CAN FOR YOU , MONSIEUR .
$
04 MY FRIEND FRANK HAS BEEN A FREQUENT GUEST IN THIS HOUSE .
 $
IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TO SAY THAT SCARCELY AN EVENING HAS PASSE
D - WHEN HE , I AND MY WIFE HAVE NOT BEEN SEATED ON THIS VER
ANDAH DRINKING AN APERITIF BEFORE DINNER . $
OUR RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR MANY YEARS . $
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED MOST HAPPILY TOGETHER AND FRANK HAS
 SEEMED CONTENT TO SHARE OUR HAPPINESS OVER THE EVENING MEAL
 . $
02 AND NOW ? $
04 AND NOW HE HAS DRIVEN HER INTO TOWN TO MAKE SOME PURCHASE
S AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABSENT THE WHOLE NIGHT . $
06 THERE COULD BE REASONS ... $
04 THERE COULD BE . $
BUT I SHOULD NOT FIND THEM CONVINCING . $
06 WHAT IS THE COURSE OF ACTION THAT YOU YOURSELF PROPOSE FO
LLOWING ? $
04 I PROPOSE TO WAIT THEIR RETURN . $
02 AND THEN ? $
04 I SHALL SHOOT THEM AS THEY STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE . $
02 I SEE . $
MAY I ASK YOU TO FETCH ME ANOTHER DRINK , MONSIEUR ? $
04 WITH PLEASURE . $
06 THERE SEEMS NO NEED OF US , MAITRE . $
THESE THREE BOURGEOIS ELEMENTS WILL ELIMINATE THEMSELVES WIT
HOUT OUR HAVING TO LIFT A FINGER . $
02 TRUE , BUT WE MAY BE IN A POSITION TO SPARK OFF AN INTERN
ATIONAL INCIDENT , THUS LENDING TO WHAT PROMISED TO BE NO MO
RE THAN A SORDID PRIVATE QUARREL THE GLORY OF ANOTHER NAIL I
N THE COFFIN OF IMERIALISM . $
04 NOW MONSIEUR ? $
02 IF YOU WILL BE GUIDED BY ME , YOU WILL PERMIT M LE BLANC
AND YOUR WIFE TO LEAVE THEIR VEHICLE WITHOUT A SHOT BEING FI
RED . $
04 AND THEN ? $
02 YOU WILL LISTEN WITH A CALM AND CIVILISED DEMEANOUR TO WH
ATEVER EXPLANATION THEY OFFER YOU . $
04 AND THEN ? $
02 AND THEN YOU WILL CHALLENGE M LE BLANC TO A DUEL ON THIS
VERANDAH . $
04 AH ! $
BUT FRANK IS A POOR SHOT . $
VERY POOR . $
02 SO MUCH THE BETTER FOR YOU . $
THE OUTCOME WILL BE THE SAME BUT THIS WAY CIVILISATION WILL
HAVE BEEN UPHELD . $
04 MONSIEUR , YOU ARE RIGHT . $
CIVILISATION IS THE THING . $
THEY HAVE RETURNED . $
02 IN THE BACK OF OUR LANDROVER YOU WILL FIND A CRICKET-BAG
. $
PLEASE BRING ME THAT AT ONCE . $
06 I OBEY , MAITRE . $
BUT WHAT ... ? $
02 NO QUESTIONS . $
04 MONSIEUR . $
02 MONSIEUR . $
09 BONJOUR , JACQUES . $
04 BONJOUR , MES AMIS . $
10 BONJOUR , MON AMI . $
04 YOU WERE DETAINED . $
09 A PUNCTURE . $
IT WAS MOST ANNOYING . $
10 IT NECESSITATED SPENDING THE NIGHT ... $
09 WE SAW NO ALTERNATIVE . $
10 THERE WAS ADDITIONAL TROUBLE WITH THE RADIATOR ... $
09 IT SPRANG A LEAK . $
04 ENOUGH ! $
I ACCEPT YOUR EXPLANATION . $
AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUEL WITH LUGER AUTOMATICS . $
10 A DUEL ? $
09 BUT , JACQUES , YOU CANNOT DO THIS . $
YOU KNOW THAT FRANK IS A TERRIBLE SHOT . $
04 IS THAT MY AFFAIR ? $
HE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE . $
09 BEFORE WHAT ? $
04 BEFORE HE DECIDED TO SATISFY HIS APPETITE AT MY TABLE . $
09 COURAGE , MON FRANK . $
EVEN THE BEST SHOT SOMETIMES MISSES , EVEN THE WORST SHOT SO
METIMES HITS . $
FRANK , ARE YOU A COWARD ? $
MONSIEUR , I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE , BUT YOU SEEM TO KNOW M
Y HUSBAND . $
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFLUENCE ON HIM , APPEAL TO HIM TO HAVE SEC
OND THOUGHTS . $
WE WERE SPEAKING NOTHING LESS THAN THE TRUTH . $
02 YOUR HUSBAND , MADAME , IS IMMOVABLE . $
09 AT LEAST , TRY TO MOVE HIM . $
02 USELESS . $
HE IS A SURVIVAL FROM ANOTHER AGE . $
HE IS DINOSAUR AND DINOSAURS MUST PERISH . $
09 BUT IT IS NOT MY HUSBAND I AM WORRIED ABOUT . $
IT IS FRANK . $
MY HUSBAND IS A CRACK SHOT . $
02 YOU ARE ALL THREE DINOSAURS , MADAME , AND I MUST TELL YO
U THAT THE ICE AGE IS OVER . $
09 ARE YOU AN ARCHAEOLOGIST ? $
02 I AM NOT AN ARCHAEOLOGIST . $
09 YOU MUST BE PROFESSOR OF SOME SORT . $
I HAVE THE IMPRESSION YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH LIFE . $
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04 CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON , MONSIEUR . $
09 WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION ? $
06 IS THIS THE BAG YOU MEANT , MAITRE ? $
02 THAT IS THE ONE . $
09 ARE YOU A DRAINAGE EXPERT ? $
02 NO , I AM NOT . $
04 CHOOSE , COWARD . $
09 A LAND-SURVEYOR ? $
02 NO . $
09 A CARPET-SALESMAN ? $
02 NO . $
04 THEN I GIVE THIS ONE , MONSIEUR . $
IT IS THE BETTER OF THE TWO . $
09 ARE YOU SOME SORT OF GOLD-PROSPECTOR ? $
02 NO . $
09 A WATER-DIVINER ? $
02 NO ! $
04 STAND UP , MONSIEUR . $
WE SHALL START BACK-TO-BACK AT THE CENTRE OF THE VERANDAH ,
WALK TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS , TURN AND FIRE . $
06 COME ON , MONSIER , STAND UP . $
09 A VETERINARY SURGEON ? $
02 NO . $
06 NOW , MESSIEURS , WHEN I GIVE THE WORD . $
LET BATTLE ... $
09 MEMBER OF A VISITING CRICKET TEAM ? $
02 NO . $
06 ... COMMENCE ! $
02 STOP , MESSIEURS , STOP ! $
FACE THIS WAY ! $
02 MADAME , I WILL SATISFY YOU CURIOSITY . $
I AM NONE OF THESE PROFESSIONS , BUT A REVOLUTIONARY HERO .
$
LITTLE DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ENTERED UPON YOUR TRIVIAL SEXUA
L DRAMA IN THE TIME-HONOURED BOURGEOIS TRADITION THAT IT WOU
LD END IN AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT . $
I SHALL LEAVE THIS MACHINE-GUN SOMEWHERE AMONG THE HUTS OF Y
OUR WORKERS , MR BLACK JACQUES . $
NO ONE WILL ATTRIBUTE YOUR DEATHS TO THE MONKEY . $
BELGIANS MURDERED BY BLOODTHIRSTY TRIBESMEN IS HOW YOUR EURO
PEAN COMPATRIOTS WILL UNDERSTAND THE INCIDENT AND TREMBLE IN
 THEIR BEDS . $
BUT YOU ALONE WILL KNOW THAT YOU DIED AT THE HANDS OF NONE O
THER THAN THE FAMOUS REVOLUTIONARY HERO , CHE GUEVARA . $
06 BRAVO . $
02 BRING THE CRICKET-BAG AND LET 'S GET OUT OF HERE . $
06 I AM OVERHELMED , MAITRE . $
THIS WAS YOUR FINEST STROKE YET . $
02 LET US NOT LINGER OVER PAST SUCCESSES . $
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE STILL BECKONS . $
06 IT WAS SOME MONTHS LATER , AND AFTER MANY ADVENTURES , TH
AT THE MAITRE AND I AGAIN SET FOOT ON FRENCH SOIL . $
THE PLACE WAS BIARRITZ ... $
03 THERE , I REGRET , WE MUST CALL A HALT TO JULIEN SOREL'S
NARRATIVE . $
WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIS KINDNESS IN LOANING US THE TAPE-R
ECORDING , FROM WHICH WE HAVE FREELY DRAMATISED A MERE TITHE
 OF THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE . $
25 THIS PLAY OF YOURS IS IN TERRIBLY BAD TASTE . $
PUTTING ON STAGE A MAN WHO IS A HERO TO MILLIONS , ONLY JUST
 DEAD . $
AND YOU MAKE HIM OUT TO BE SOME SORT OF MAD GANGSTER . $
03 POETIC LICENCE . $
25 DON'T GIVE US THAT . $
THE VERSION OF CHE GUEVARA WHICH YOU PRESENT THROUGH THE MOU
TH OF YOUR RIDICULOUS CHARACTER SOREL IS COMPLETELY AT ODDS
WITH THE FACTS . $
CHE GUEVARA DID NOT GO AROUND BOMBING AND MACHINE-GUNNING IN
NOCENT PEOPLE JUST FOR THE PLEASURE OF IT . $
IT 'S WELL KNOW THAT HE HAS AN UNUSUALLY HUMANE MAN . $
25 HE USED TO RELEASE ALL HIS PRISONERS . $
03 I NEVER MEANT TO SUGGEST THAT CHE GUEVARA HIMSELF WAS A M
AD GANGSTER - ONLY THAT CERTAIN KINDS OF PEOPLE - SOREL BEIN
G A REPRESENTATIVE TYPE - WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT HE WAS .
$
I AGREE WITH YOU THAT FOR CHE GUEVARA VIOLENCE WAS ONLY A ME
ANS TO AN END , BUT PEOPLE LIKE SOREL ENTIRELY LOSE SIGHT OF
 THE END AND BECOME OBSESSED WITH THE MEANS - WITH VIOLENCE
FOR ITS OWN SAKE . $
25 IF CHE WERE STILL ALIVE , YOU WOULDN'T DARE MAKE USE OF H
IM IN THIS WAY . $
03 I THINK HE WOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD . $
26 YOU DOUBLE-FACED CREEP , THE REASON YOU WOULDN'T DARE DO
IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LAWS OF LIBEL . $
03 LIFE IS A COMPLEX SUBJECT , THE ARTIST MUST TRY TO SEE IT
 FROM ALL ANGLES . $
25 IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF YOUR ANGLE WASN'T POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED . $
03 I WOULD HOTLY CONTEST THAT . $
I TAKE A RIGOROUSLY NEUTRAL STANCE . $
26 THERE 'S SOMETHING VERY NASTY ABOUT YOUR STANCE . $
03 HIGH UP ON THE WEST WALL OF HIS STUDIO , IN LETTER LARGE
ENOUGH TO BE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM GROUND LEVEL , MACRUNE HAS
 LEFT US THIS LEGEND : THE THREE JUDASES . $
THE DRAWING WHICH APPEARS BENEATH THE LEGEND IS EXTREMELY FA
INT , THOUGH WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN TRACING WHAT AMOUNTS TO AN
 ALMOST ABSTRACT DESIGN : THREE DISCS ENCLOSED IN A RECTANGL
E . $
SOME OF US HAVE ALSO DETECTED A SHADOWY SEMICIRCLE , BUT THE
RE ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT HERE : SOME THINK THE SEMICIRC
LE APPEARS ON THE LEFT , SOME ON THE RIGHT . $
BENEATH THE RECTANGLE THREE WORDS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN . $
THE WORD ON THE LEFT IS , I REGRET , ILLEGIBLE . $
THE OTHER TWO ARE FEAR AND VANITY RESPECTIVELY . $
NOW , HOW IS MACRUNE'S DESIGN TO BE INTERPRETED ? $
THE THREE CIRCLES , I WOULD SUGGEST , REPRESENT THREE HEADS
; THE SEMICIRCLE REPRESENTS THE TOP HALF OF A STEERING WHEEL
 ; AND THE RECTANGLE REPRESENTS THE WINDSCREEN OF A MOTOR VE
HICLE , SEEN FROM IN FRONT . $
NOW , WHY SHOULD MACRUNE DESIGNATE THESE THREE PEOPLE ' THE
THREE JUDASES ' ? $
07 IN MARCH 1967 , TANIA BROUGHT TWO VISITORS TO THE GUERRIL
LA CAMP AT NANCAHUAZU . $
SHE MET THESE VISITORS IN LA PAZ , AND DROVE THEM IN A TRUCK
 TO CAMIRI , THE NEAREST LARGE TOWN TO THE GUERRILLA CAMP .
$
THE TWO VISITORS WERE A YOUNG FRENCH WRITER CALLED REGIS DEB
RAY AND AN ARGENTINIAN ARTIST CALLED CIRO ROBERTO BUSTOS . $
03 NOW WE KNOW THAT TANIA WAS DRIVING , BUT WE DO NOT KNOW W
HETHER BUSTOS OR DEBRAY WAS SITTING NEXT TO HER . $
SO ... $
12 WHOEVER SAT IN THE MIDDLE WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE BETRAYED CH
E OUT OF FEAR ... $
05 WHOEVER SAT ON THE LEFT TO HAVE BETRAYED HIM OUT OF VANIT
Y . $
12 SHORTLY AFTER VISITING CHE , BUSTOS AND DEBRAY WERE ARRES
TED AND WE ARE TOLD THAT BUSTOS MADE REMARKABLY ACCURATE DRA
WINGS OF THE INDIVIDUAL GUERRILLEROS , WHICH HELPED THE AUTH
ORITIES TO IDENTIFY THEM . $
03 IF THIS STORY IS TRUE , THEN HE MAY HAVE DONE SO FROM FEA
R OF UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES . $
OR PERHAPS IT WAS OUT OF VANITY , TO SHOW HIS SKILL AS AN AR
TIST . $
HOWEVER , LET US PLACE BUSTOS IN THE MIDDLE SEAT FOR THE TIM
E BEING . $
05 WE KNOW THAT AT HIS FIRST MEETING WITH CHE IN THE CAMP ,
DEBRAY WAS FULL OF BOLD TALK ABOUT HIS OWN CONTRIBUTION TO T
HE REVOLUTION AND THAT IT WAS ONLY AFTER A FEW DAYS OF CAMP
CONDITIONS THAT DEBRAY'S ARDOUR SEEMED SOMEWHAT DAMPENED . $
AGAIN , WHEN DEBRAY WAS PUT ON TRIAL HE DENIED TAKING ANY AC
TIVE PART IN THE GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN , THOUGH HE LATER DECLAR
ED IN DRAMATIC FASHION THAT HE WISHED TO BE HELD FULLY RESPO
NSIBLE FOR IT . $
03 MACRUNE MAY HAVE INTERPRETED DEBRAY'S ATTITUDE AS FEAR OR
 VANITY , BUT FOR THE PRESENT LET US CALL IT VANITY . $
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WHAT OF TANIA'S BETRAYAL ? $
07 WE KNOW THAT TANIA LEFT HER TRUCK PARKED IN CAMIRI , WHER
E IT WAS SEARCHED BY THE AUTORITIES AND FOUND TO BE FULL OF
INCRIMINATING DOCUMENTS . $
IT HAS ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT SHE HAD SEXUAL RELATIONS WIT
H CHE . $
03 SHOULD MACRUNE'S ILLEGIBLE WORD READ FOLLY ? $
07 OR PASSION ? $
03 WE SHALL NEVER KNOW . $
THERE IS A FURTHER AMBIGUITY . $
IF THE SEMICIRCLE IS DRAWN ON THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE AS WE
LOOK AT IT , WHY SHOULD THE DRIVER OF A BOLIVIAN VEHICLE BE
SITTING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE CAB ? $
OR DOES THE SEMICIRCLE IN FACT APPEAR ON THE OTHER SIDE ? $
BUT IF IT DOES , THEN TANIA MUST BE SITTING WHERE WE HAVE PL
ACED DEBRAY , IN WHICH CASE THE WORD VANITY APPLIES TO HER N
OT TO DEBRAY . $
AND NOW DOES THE ILLEGIBLE WORD APPLY TO DEBRAY OR BUSTOS ?
$
WE ARE NO WISER . $
I HAVE RESERVED THE MOST CURIOUS POINT OF ALL UNTIL LAST . $
SINCE MACRUNE 'S DEATH A NEW STORY HAS COME TO LIGHT ABOUT T
ANIA : $
07 IT IS SUGGESTED THAT TANIA WAS TRAINED IN EAST GERMANY AS
 A RUSSION SPY , THAT SHE WAS SENT TO CUBA WHERE SHE SUCCESS
FULLY INFILTRATED CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY CIRCLES AND THAT SHE W
AS THEN POSTED TO BOLIVIA BY CHE TO ACT AS HIS CONTACT AND B
Y THE RUSSIANS TO KEEP AN EYE ON CHE FOR THEM . $
ORTHODOX COMMUNISM BEING AGAINST THE IDEA OF ARMED REVOLUTIO
N IN LATIN AMERICA . $
WELL , WHEN REAL LIFE ENTERS SUCH DEVIOUS AND COMPLEX PATHS
, THE MERE ARTIST CANNOT HOPE TO SHOW THE WAY THROUGH THE WO
OD , AND SO I HAVE VENTURED NO FURTHER INSIDE THE THICKET TH
AN TO CONSTRUCT A SHORT TRIOLOGUE FOR OUR THREE JUDASES , IN
 WHICH THE AMBIGUITIES OF THEIR CHARACTERS , THE DOUBTS EVEN
 AS TO THEIR IDENTITIES AND THE TOTAL OBSCURITY OF THEIR MOT
IVES ARE TO SOME SMALL DEGREE ADUMBRATED : $
07 CHE IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN . $
12 ONE COULD LOVE A MAN LIKE THAT . $
05 ONE COULD NEVER FORGET HIM . $
12 CHE IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN . $
07 ONE COULD LOVE A MAN LIKE THAT . $
05 ONE COULD NEVER FORGET HIM . $
CHE IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN . $
07 ONE COULD LOVE A MAN LIKE THAT . $
12 ONE COULD NEVER FORGET HIM . $
05 CHE ... $
12 IS A BEAUTIFUL MAN . $
07 ONE COULD LOVE ... $
12 ... A MAN LIKE THAT . $
05 ONE COULD NEVER ... $
12 ... FORGET HIM . $
07 A BEAUTIFUL MAN ... $
12 CHE . $
05 A MAN LIKE THAT ... $
12 ONE COULD LOVE . $
07 FORGET HIM ... $
12 ONE COULD NEVER . $
05 A MAN TO DIE FOR . $
12 A CAUSE TO DIE FOR . $
07 A MAN AND A CAUSE TO DIE FOR . $
05 A MAN TO DIE FOR . $
07 A CAUSE TO DIE FOR . $
12 A MAN AND A CAUSE TO DIE FOR . $
A MAN TO DIE FOR . $
05 A MAN AND A CAUSE TO DIE FOR . $
07 A MAN ... $
12 A CAUSE ... $
05 A MAN AND A CAUSE ... $
07 TO DIE FOR . $
12 A MAN ... $
05 A CAUSE ... $
07 A MAN AND A CAUSE ... $
12 TO DIE FOR . $
05 A MAN ... $
07 A CAUSE ... $
12 A MAND AND A CAUSE ... $
05 TO DIE FOR . $
12 A HERO IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
07 A REVOLUTION IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
05 A HERO AND A REVOLUTION TOGETHER GIVE BIRTH TO HISTORY .
$
A HERO IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
07 A REVOLUTION IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
12 A HERO AND A REVOLUTION TOGETHER GIVE BIRTH TO HISTORY .
$
07 A HERO IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
05 A REVOLUTION IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
12 A HERO AND A REVOLUTION TOGETHER GIVE BIRTH TO HISTORY .
$
05 A HERO ... $
12 A REVOLUTION ... $
07 IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
12 A HERO ... $
05 AND A REVOLUTION ... $
12 GIVE BIRTH ... $
07 TO HISTORY . $
12 A HERO ... $
05 A REVOLUTION ... $
12 IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
07 A HERO ... $
12 AND A REVOLUTION ... $
05 GIVE BIRTH ... $
12 TO HISTORY . $
07 A HERO ... $
12 A REVOLUTION ... $
05 IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
12 A HERO ... $
07 AND A REVOLUTION ... $
12 GIVE BIRTH ... $
05 TO HISTORY ... $
12 A HERO ... $
07 A REVOLUTION ... $
12 IS NOT BORN EVERY DAY . $
05 A HERO ... $
12 AND A REVOLUTION ... $
07 GIVE BIRTH ... $
12 TO HISTORY . $
05 A HERO ... $
12 A REVOLUTION ... $
07 HERE WE ARE IN CAMIRI . $
12 NOW FOR NANCAHUAZU . $
05 I HOPE CHE WILL BE PLEASED TO SEE US . $
03 I SHOULD PERHAPS POINT OUT , THAT WHETHER OR NOT ONE ACCE
PTS MACRUNE'S JUDGEMENT ON THESE THREE UNFORTUNATES , WHETHE
R OR NOT THEY WERE FULLY FLEDGED JUDASES , OR MERE BLUNDERER
S , THEY HAVE ALL THREE PAID THEIR DEBTS IN FULL MEASURE . $
TANIA IS DEAD , BUSTOS AND DEBRAY ARE SERVING THIRTY-YEAR SE
NTENCES OF PENAL SERVITUDE . $
OURS NOT TO CAST THE FIRST STONE . $
I CAN ALMOST HEAR MACRUNE'S JUDGEMENT OF ME ... $
04 GO HOME , WISHY-WASHY LIBERAL . $
03 COME . $
08 WHAT ABOUT THIS ? $
MR OTELL ? $
I 'VE BEEN THROUGH ALL POOR MR MACRUNE'S EFFECTS , AS YOU AS
KED ME , AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ITEM WHICH MIGHT YIEL
D THE SORT OF INFORMATION YOU 'RE AFTER . $
03 BUT WHAT IS IT , MRS RENT ? $
08 THE OLD MAN'S SPORRAN . $
03 BY GEORGE ! $
IT APPEARS TO BE IN A GOOD STATE OF PRESERVATION . $
08 NATURALLY I TOOK PRECAUTIONS . $
IT 'S A FINE BIT OF FUR . $
03 BUT WHAT INFORMATION COULD IT YIELD ? $
08 WHY , INSIDE , MR OTELL , IF YOU LOOKED INSIDE ... $
03 HAVEN'T YOU DONE SO ? $
08 OH , NO . $
I DIDN'T FANCY PUTTING MY HAND INSIDE A GENTLEMAN'S SPORRAN
. $
03 THEN IT MAY CONTAIN FANTASTIC REVELATIONS . $
#48 $
08 I DIDN'T CARE TO BE THE ONE THAT DISCOVERED THEM , MR OTE
LL . $
WELL ? $
03 THERE 'S SOMETHING THERE . $
A SMALL NOTEBOOK . $
08 I SAY ! $
IT 'S ONLY HIS DRIVING LICENCE . $
03 GOOD GRIEF ! $
08 WHAT ? $
03 THE BLANK PAGES , THE PAGES RESERVED FOR ENDORSEMENTS , A
RE COVERED IN A MINUTE SCRIPT . $
08 MR MACRUNE'S HANDWRITING . $
WHEN YOU THINK WHAT A HUGE RED FIST HE HAD ... $
03 CONVERSATIONS WITH CHE GUEVARA . $
WHEN THE DOOR AND WINDOWS OF MY UPPER ROOM WERE TIGHT SHUT .
.. $
04 ... THERE APPEARED TO ME IN GHOSTLY FORM THE LORD CHE GUE
VARA AND AFTER HIM MANY OF HIS NOBLE FOLLOWERS , THE CUBAN C
OMANDANTES , AND WHAT I SAW AND WHAT HE TOLD ME I WROTE DOWN
 , AND MY ROOM BECAME AS IT WERE A THEATRE WHERE WAS ENACTED
 THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF THE HERO'S AGONY AND DEATH ... $
04 JANUARY THE FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT . $
A STRANGE DAY AND THAT 'S PUTTING IT WITH RUBBER GLOVES . $
I WAS PRONE AND RESTING , WHEN UPWARDS OF ONE DOZEN PERSONS
ENTERED THE STUDIO . $
THE APPEARANCE OF THESE PERSONS LED ME TO SUPPOSE THEM BUSIN
ESS TYPES . $
PERHAPS THEY WANTED TO HANG THEIR RETIRING CHAIRMAN ON THE B
OARD ROOM WALL . $
I DO NOT CONSIDER IT WRONG TO ACCEPT MONEY FROM CAPITALIST Q
UARTERS . $
THE MONEY IS NOT THEIRS TO GIVE , BUT I AM CERTAINLY ONE OF
THE PEOPLE TO WHOM IT SHOULD BE GIVEN . $
02 EXCUSE THE INTRUSION , SENOR . $
I BELIEVE I AM SPEAKING TO DOCTOR GONZALEZ . $
04 YOU ARE NOT . $
02 THE FACE IS HIS . $
04 TO HELL WITH THAT . $
THE FACE IS MINE . $
02 YOU DO NOT GO UNDER THE NAME OF GONZALEZ ? $
04 I GO UNDER NO NAME BUT MY OWN . $
MACRUNE , AND PROUD OF IT . $
02 THERE HAS BEEN SOME MISTAKE . $
FORGIVE US , SENOR . $
16 FORGIVE US , SENOR . $
04 JANUARY THE SECOND . $
TODAY I RECEIVED A SECOND VISIT FROM THE SAME MYSTERIOUS BUT
 POLITE PERSON . $
02 SENOR MACRUNE ! $
04 RIGHT . $
02 IT 'S POSSIBLE YOU DON'T RECOGNISE ME . $
04 I DO . $
YOU WERE HERE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND YOU WERE LOOKING FOR A
 DR GONZALEZ . $
02 I 'M STILL LOOKING FOR HIM . $
04 WELL , FOR CHRIST'S SAKE , MAN , I TOLD YOU HE DIDN'T RES
IDE AT THIS ADDRESS . $
02 YOU REALLY DON'T REMEMBER ME , SENOR ' MACRUNE ' ? $
04 DON'T GIVE ME THAT . $
I REMEMBER YOU WELL ENOUGH . $
YOU CAME WITH A CROWD OF YOUR CRONIES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON .
$
02 WE ARE ALL HERE AGAIN TODAY . $
PLEASE DON'T BE ALARMED , SENOR . $
WE ONLY WANT YOU TO HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT US . $
YOU STILL DO NOT RECOGNISE US ? $
04 LOOK , THIS IS TIRING ME OUT . $
I RECOGNISE YOU VERY WELL . $
YOU WERE HERE YESTERDAY . $
02 BUT YOU DON'T PENETRATE OUR DISGUISES ? $
04 FRANKLY , I DON'T . $
02 WE WANTED TO SHOW THEM TO YOU . $
04 VERY GOOD . $
MOST SUCCESSFUL . $
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU ? $
02 THIS IS THE WAY WE ENTERED BOLIVIA . $
IN TWOS AND THREES . $
LEAVING HAVANA , WE FLEW TO PRAGUE , FROM PRAGUE TO FRANKFUR
T , FROM FRANKFURT TO PARIS , FROM PARIS TO RIO DE JANEIRO ,
 FROM RIO TO SAO PAULO , FROM SOA PAULO TO LA PAZ . $
04 YOU SAW A BIT OF THE WORLD . $
02 AT LA PAZ WE WERE MET BY A JEEP AND DRIVEN TO NANCAHUAZU
. $
WE TRAVELLED UNDER FALSE PASSPORTS , FALSE NAMES , FALSE IDE
NTITIES , WEARING FALSE CLOTHES AND FALSE FACES . $
THE OPERATION WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS . $
04 LOOK , I 'M SORRY ABOUT THIS , GENTLEMEN , I 'M SURE THIS
 IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY WAS MOUNTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF DR GONZAL
EZ . $
I AM NOT THAT MAN . $
02 OF COURSE , DR GONZALEZ WAS NOT HIS REAL NAME . $
04 THAT MAY BE SO , BUT I HAVE NEVER USED A FALSE NAME . $
MY NAME IS UNDOUBTEDLY MACRUNE . $
FURTHERMORE , I AM MACRUNE . $
02 WE WILL NOW REMOVE OUR DISGUISES . $
HRRP ! $
02 TODAY IS A DAY OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE . $
TODAY BEGINS THE REVOLUTION , THE CONTINENTAL REVOLUTION . $
TODAY WE SOLEMNLY DECLARE THAT AMERICA , OUR AMERICA WILL BE
 FREE . $
I WANT YOU ALL HERE NOW , AS YOU DRINK THIS TOAST ON BOLIVIA
N SOIL , YOU CUBANS , YOU PERUVIANS , YOU ARGENTINIANS , YOU
 VENEZUELANS , YOU BOLIVIANS , TO UNDERSTAND THAT FEW AS WE
ARE , WE ARE THE SEED OF MILLIONS . $
OUT OF THIS LITTLE SEED , PLANTED SECRETLY IN THE SHADOWY DE
PTHS OF AN OBSCURE JUNGLE , SOMETHING IS GOING TO GROW , SOM
ETHING ENORMOUS WHICH WILL BREAK OUT OF THIS SKIN AND THROW
HUGE SHOOTS ACROSS THE FACE OF BOLIVIA , HUGE LEAVES AND ROO
TS ACROSS THE FACE OF AMERICA . $
IT MAY BE THAT NOT ONE OF US HERE NOW WILL LIVE TO SEE THAT
HAPPEN , BUT IT WILL HAPPEN , FROM THIS MOMENT WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN . $
WHAT DOES IT MATTER , THEN , IF WE PAY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN WI
TH OUR LIVES ? $
DEATH WILL TASTE VERY SWEET , I PROMISE YOU , SO LONG AS YOU
 NEVER FORGET THAT AT THIS EXACT MOMENT OF TIME , YOU KNOW W
HAT MOST MEN NEVER KNOW , WHY YOU WERE ALIVE . $
VENCEREMOS ! $
16 VENCEREMOS ! $
02 I THINK YOU KNOW US NOW . $
04 IF YOU ARE NOT CHE GUEVARA HIMSELF , I AM SEEING VISIONS
AND DREAMING DREAMS . $
02 I AM CHE GUEVARA . $
THESE ARE MY COMANDANTES : JOAQUIN , MARCOS , ROLANDO , TANI
A , BENJAMIN , WILLY , LORO ... $
04 BUT CHE . $
THE NEWSPAPERS SAY YOU DIED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO . $
02 OCTOBER THE NINTH . $
04 IS THERE ANY TRUTH IN THAT STORY , OR IS IT THE USUAL BUS
INESS , YOU CAN'T BELIEVE A THING YOU READ ? $
02 WHAT DO YOU THINK ? $
ARE YOU CONVINCED THAT I AM CHE ? $
04 PRETTY CONVINCED . $
BUT WHAT ABOUT THESE VERY CIRCUMSTANTIAL REPORTS ? $
02 SEE THE BULLET-HOLES . $
04 YES . $
TELL ME THIS , THEN , ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE ? $
ARE YOU SPEAKING TO ME FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE , OR DID YOU NE
VER COME TO THAT LAST RESORT ? $
02 I WILL TELL YOU THIS , MAC . $
THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND THE GRAVE . $
04 FALSE REPORTS ? $
02 PERHAPS YOU BELIEVE IN HEAVEN AND HELL ? $
04 NO SUCH THING . $
02 NO SUCH THING . $
TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS ? $
04 NO . $
02 NO AGAIN . $
04 LOOK , TELL ME STRAIGHT , DID THEY KILL YOU OR DIDN'T THE
Y ? $
02 YOU SHOULD KNOW , DR GONZALEZ . $
YOU SHOULD KNOW . $
04 ALL VERY PUZZLING . $
WHETHER OR NOT HE IS CHE GUEVARA , THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DOUB
T THAT HE IS STILL CONFUSING ME WITH THIS SHADOWY PSEUDONYM
, DR GONZALEZ . $
AND IF I AM IMAGINING THE WHOLE THING , WHY THE HELL SHOULD
 I IMAGINE HE IS CHE GUEVARA'S GHOST IMAGINING THAT I AM DR
GONZALEZ ? $
FEBRUARY THE SECOND . $
I WENT TO SEE MY DOCTOR , STUPID FART . $
HE TOLD ME I WASN'T EATING ENOUGH . $
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I TOLD HIM PORK-PIES DIDN'T GROW ON CORPORATION LAMP-POSTS .
 $
I AM LOSING MY STRENGTH . $
02 WE WANT TO TELL YOU HOW WE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS EVE , NIN
ETEEN SIXTY-SIX . $
04 THAT WOULD CHEER ME UP , CHE . $
02 YOU REMEMBER WE 'D STARTED OPERATIONS FROM A FARMHOUSE BY
 THE RIVER NANCAHUAZU ? $
TAKE IT ALL IN ALL , IT WAS A HAPPY TIME . $
WE WERE GETTING TO KNOW THE AREA , SETTLING DOWN TO THE OUTD
OOR LIFE . $
12 I REMEMBER ONE MORNING I WAS SITTING UP THERE , ABOVE THE
 GORGE , ALL BY MYSELF , ON SENTRY DUTY , AND I WAS THINKING
 THAT IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU 'D PAY TO SEE AT THE MOVIES ,
ONLY MUCH BETTER . $
DOWN BELOW ME THERE WAS THIS BIG RIVER RACING ALONG , ROCKS
, THE NOISE OF WATERFALLS . $
ABOVE ME , THIS GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGE , STEEP SIDES COVERED I
N JUNGLE , THE PEAKS HIDDEN IN MIST . $
BUT ALL THE LOWER PART AND THE PART WERE I WAS SITTING HAD T
HE MORNING SUN ON THEM . $
IT WAS SUCH A PICTURE THAT I KEPT LOOKING UP FROM THE BOOK I
 WAS READING . $
' THE CHARTERHOUSE OF PARMA' $
10 OH CHRIST , YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE CAMP . $
YOU 'VE SEEN ONE OF THOSE BLOODY PICNIC AREAS , HAVEN'T YOU
? $
LIKE THAT . $
A KIND OF ROUGH SHED WITH OPEN SIDES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CL
EARING , THEN BENCHES AND TABLES ALL AROUND IT , RUSTIC BUGG
ERS , MADE OF LOGS . $
UP THE HILL YOU 'VE GOT THE LATRINE AND THEN CLOSE BY THERE
'S A SODDING GREAT RADIO TRANSMITTER STUFFED INTO A CAVE , W
HICH WE HAD TO DIG OURSELVES . $
THE FIRST FEW MONTHS IT SEEMED MORE LIKE A PICNIC , BUT AFTE
R THAT IT WAS MURDER . $
02 MARCOS WAS TO HAVE BEEN MY SECOND-IN-COMMAND , BUT HE WEN
T TO PIECES IN BOLIVIA AND I HAD TO GIVE THE POST TO JOAQUIN
 AS IT TURNED OUT . $
10 CHE GAVE ME THE CHOICE OF BEING REDUCED TO THE RANKS OR G
OING HOME TO CUBA . $
02 I LOST PATIENCE , IT WAS MY FAULT . $
10 LOOK , THE FAULT WAS MINE , LET 'S FORGET IT . $
02 IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET . $
10 IT 'S JUST BLOODY DEPRESSING TO THINK ABOUT IT . $
04 WHAT ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS PARTY ? $
02 YES . $
THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE WAS A PIG , BUT WE NEARLY HAD TO EAT
 IT DRY . $
06 THAT WAS MY FAULT . $
I DIDN'T TAKE ANY TROUBLE . $
FOR INSTANCE , YOU 'LL HARDLY CREDIT THIS , BUT IN THE MIDDL
E OF EVERYTHING I DISAPPEARED FOR A WEEK . $
I WAS IN SANTA CRUZ WITH A WOMAN . $
02 NO HARM WAS DONE . $
IT WAS AN ERROR , BUT WITHOUT REPERCUSSIONS . $
06 AND REMEMBER , I WAS THE ONE WHO DITCHED THE JEEP COMING
DOWN FROM LA PAZ . $
WELL , I PRANGED IT AGAIN , A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS
 . $
I FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL . $
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIBERATING LATIN AMERICA AND I FELL ASL
EEP AT THE WHEEL . $
IT MAKES YOU DESPAIR , DOESN'T IT ? $
THAT WAS THE SORT OF MATERIAL CHE HAD TO WORK WITH . $
04 WHAT ABOUT THE PARTY ? $
02 IT WENT OFF WELL . $
SOME OF US GOT RATHER HIGH . $
04 SO THE ALCOHOL DID ARRIVE ? $
02 OH YES . $
12 WE ATE THE PIG ROASTED , AND AFTERWARDS WE ORGANISED A SO
RT OF CULTURAL HAPPENING . $
IT WAS MOST ENJOYABLE . $
11 WE HAD A VERY GAY TIME , DANCING , SINGING , RECITING . $
CHE RECITED ONE OF HIS OWN POEMS . $
13 THERE WERE 29 BOTTLES OF BEER , 10 BOTTLES OF WINE , 4 OF
 RUM . $
ALSO SWEETS , RAISINS , CHEESE AND SALAD AS WELL AS THE SUCK
LING PIG . $
04 SOUNDS AS IF YOU DID YOURSELVES WELL . $
16 WE DID YES . $
LET 'S GO ! $
ARDENT PROPHET OF THE DAWNING DAY , SHOW US THE SECRET TELEP
ATHIC WAY TO LIBERATE THE LAND , THE GREEN LAND YOU LOVE SO
LET 'S GO ! $
DOWN WITH THE TYRANT AND FIX YOUR EYES ON REVOLUTION'S HEROE
S LIKE STARS IN THE SKIES . $
AND VOW TO TAKE THE VICTORY OR MEET DEATH'S BLOW . $
WHEN THE FIRST SHOT SOUNDS AND THE JUNGLE HUSH GOES WEST , W
HEN HER VIRGIN HEART WITH TERROR PLANTS , THERE AT YOUR SIDE
 WE 'LL BE , COOL COMBATANTS , COUNT ON US ! $
AND IF YE 'RE STOPPED IN OUR TRACKS BY A PIECE OF LEAD , WE
ONLY ASK FOR THE SHROUD OF A BOLIVIAN TEAR , WE ONLY ASK THA
T GUERRILLA BONES LIE HERE , MAKING A ROAD FOR AMERICAN HIST
ORY'S TREAD , NOTHING MORE . $
04 THAT 'S GREAT MAN . $
THAT WAS MOVING . $
AS A GENERAL RULE POETRY PASSES ME BY , BUT THAT WAS AN UPLI
FTING EXPERIENCE . $
02 BUT IT 'S NOT SO GOOD BEING BONES UNDER HISTORY'S TREAD A
S YOU MIGHT THINK . $
04 NO , BUT IT 'S WORTH IT . $
WHEN THE CAUSE IS BIG ENOUGH , IT 'S WORTH IT . $
I BELIEVE THAT . $
02 YOU SPEAK FROM IGNORANCE . $
04 HAVE A HEART NOW , CHE , THINK OF WHAT YOU DIED FOR , THE
 FREEDOM OF MANKIND , THE EQUALITY OF ALL FELLOW CREATURES ,
 THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN-BEING . $
02 THE CAMPAIGN WAS A DISMAL FIASCO . $
WE DIED STUPIDLY , FOR STUPID REASONS . $
04 YOU HAVE ENTERED A NEW PHASE , THAT 'S ALL , YOU 'VE BECO
ME A DEAD HERO INSTEAD OF A LIVE ONE . $
NOW YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT MAY HAPPEN BECAUSE OF YOU , IN YOUR
NAME , IN THE FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD . $
02 NADA . $
04 THE REVOLUTION ... $
02 NADA , NADA , NADA . $
04 BUT YOU WERE NEVER THE MAN TO COUNTENANCE THE COUNSELS OF
 DESPAIR . $
DIFFICULTIES ARE THERE TO BE OVERCOME . $
RAIN , IS IT ? $
VERY GOOD . $
LET IT RAIN TILL KINGDOM BLOODY COME , IT 'LL NOT TAKE THE H
EART OUT OF ME . $
I 'VE CAUGHT A COLD BUT WHAT OF THAT ? $
I 'M IN THE MOOD TO ENJOY A GOOD COLD . $
08 MR. MACRUNE , MR. MACRUNE , ARE YOU THERE ? $
I KNOW YOU 'RE IN THERE , YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT FOR A WEEK .
$
COME ON NOW , MR. MACRUNE , IT 'S FRIDAY RENT-DAY AND I SHOU
LDN'T HAVE TO BREAK MY OWN DOOR TO GET A CIVIL ANSWER . $
04 CHRIST'S BLOOD , WOMAN , I AM JUST STRIKING A MATCH . $
IF YOU CONTINUE WITH THAT RACKET I AM GOING TO SET LIGHT TO
THE SHEETS AND IN A FEW MINUTES YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY DOORS
LEFT TO BREAK DOWN . $
WHERE IS MY GOOD FRIEND , MAJOR CHE GUEVARA ? $
IF HE IS NOT WILLING OR ABLE TO HOLD UP THE MIGHTY TORCH OF
REVOLUTION AND PUT A BONFIRE UNDER THE STINKING WORLD , THEN
 HERE STANDS ONE THAT IS AND WILL . $
WHAT 'S THE MATTER WITH YOU , MACRUNE ? $
UP , MAN , UP . $
CHRIST , MY HEAD 'S GOING ROUND LIKE AN EIGHTSOME REEL . $
ARE YOU THERE , COMRADES ? $
IF THAT 'S NOT THE PIPES IT 'S A VERY PASSABLE IMITATION . $
AND NOW I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I DANCED AN EIGHTSOME MUST
HAVE BEEN IN PORT HARCOURT . $
1944 . $
DO YOU KNOW THAT PART OF THE WORLD AT ALL ? $
THE ARMPIT OF AFRICA . $
YOU 'VE HEARD WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT PORT HARCOURT ? $
IT 'S SO WET THERE THAT IF YOU STAY TOO LONG YOU GROW WEBBED
 FEET . $
AS I RECALL IT , WE WERE FOOTING THE REELS EVERY NIGHT IN PO
RT HARCOURT , THE RAIN WAS BEATING ON THE TIN ROOF LIKE A BL
OODY AIR-RAID , AND INSIDE WE WERE PRANCING ABOUT LIKE DERVI
SHES . $
I USED TO SAY TO THE FELLOW BEHIND THE BAR - A BLACK MAN , W
E ARE ALL BROTHERS - ' JUST OBSERVE THIS , SAMBO , OBSERVE T
HIS AND LEARN A LESSON , THERE 'S NO SAVAGE LIKE A CIVILIZED
 SAVAGE . ' $
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WHAT IS THIS NOW , BENJAMIN ? $
ARE YOU DONE UP ALREADY ? $
11 I 'M TIRED OUT . $
04 WHERE 'S YOUR SPIRIT , MAN ? $
11 I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE COLUMN . $
I 'VE LOST THE PATH . $
I 'M CLINGING TO THIS ROCK AND THE RIVER 'S DIRECTLY BELOW M
E AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO . $
04 KEEP STILL , YOU BUGGER . $
I 'M SENDING A MAN TO GET YOU . $
11 I MOVED . $
I 'M FALLING INTO THE RIVER , THE CURRENT 'S TAKING ME AWAY
, I CAN'T SWIM . $
04 I 'LL HAVE NO WEAKLINGS UNDER MY COMMAND . $
UP AND ONWARDS , BENJAMIN . $
11 I CAN'T MAKE IT . $
04 TO HELL WITH YOU , THEN , BENJAMIN . $
THE REVOLUTION GOES ON WITHOUT YOU . $
BY GOD , WHAT 'S UP WITH YOU ? $
WILL NONE OF YOU SOLDIER TO THE END ? $
ROLANDO ... $
12 I 'M SHOT IN MY OWN AMBUSH . $
THE ENEMY 'S STEALING OUR TRICKS . $
04 THAT 'S A DEATH TO BE PROUD OF . $
I 'LL PAY YOU THE TRIBUTE OF A FEW VERSES FOR THAT DEATH , B
OY . $
BRAVE COMANDANTE , THERE YOUR BODY LIES , DEAD FLESH INDEED
AND SMALL AS I BEHOLD BUT SEE , ITS BULK ALREADY FILLS THE S
KIES , AND EVERY ELEMENT TRANSMUTED INTO GOLD . $
06 THEY SHOT ME TOO . $
10 AND ME . $
05 AND ME . $
07 AND ME . $
04 I 'LL MAKE NO EPITAPHS FOR ANY OF YOU . $
YOU , LORO , I SNAP MY FINGERS AT SUCH AS YOU , THE LEISURED
 CLASSES PLAYING AT REVOLUTION . $
DON'T COME AND LAY YOUR PRECIOUS IDEALS AT MY FEET IF YOU HA
VEN'T THE SELF-DISCIPLINE TO SUPPORT THEM . $
AS FOR YOU , COMANDANTE MARCOS , IN DAYS GONE BY NO DOUBT YO
U WERE A TRUE MAN , BUT THE PAST IS DONE AND THE FUTURE WILL
 NOT BE SERVED WITH SOUR MILK AND WATER . $
I HOPE YOU DIED IN GOOD TEMPER , THAT 'S ALL . $
AND YOU COMANDANTE JOAQUIN , VETERAN OF SIERRA MAESTRA , VET
ERAN OF VIETNAM , WHERE IS MY REARGUARD , ANSWER ME THAT ? $
05 WE LOST CONTACT . $
04 AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RIVER IS WHERE THEY ARE AND BY CHRIS
T THEY 'RE NOT DOING A HAND'S TURN FOR THE REVOLUTION DOWN I
N THAT WET SPOT , COMANDANTE . $
WITH VETERANS LIKE YOU AT MY BACK , I 'D RATHER FIGHT THE EN
EMY SINGLE-HANDED . $
ARE YOU STILL HERE , WILLY ? $
I WILL TELL YOU THIS , AS MAN TO MAN , YOU DO NOT INSPIRE CO
NFIDENCE . $
IT WOULD NOT ASTONISH ME IF COME THE NEXT SKIRMISH YOU WERE
TO SNEAK AWAY LIKE A WEASEL UNDER THE HEDGE . $
13 AT THAT DATE , THE END OF SEPTEMBER , WE WERE REALLY IN T
ROUBLE . $
ONLY SEVENTEEN OF US LEFT , TWO THOUSAND SOLDIERS CLOSING IN
 . $
WE HAD NO FOOD , WE WERE HALF DEAD OF THIRST AND WE WERE MOV
ING AT NIGHT . $
OCTOBER 7TH WE ARRIVED IN A CANYON , AND THAT WAS A VERY NIC
E MORNING WE SPENT THERE , RESTING UP IN THE SUN , THERE WAS
 A BIT OF WATER TO DRINK THERE TOO , IN THE DITCHES WHERE TH
E PEASANTS WERE GROWING POTATOES . $
CHE HAD A WORD FOR THAT PLACE - HE SAID IT WAS BUCOLIC . $
WELL , ABOUT MIDDAY A PEASANT WOMAN TURNED UP WITH SOME GOAT
S . $
WE ASKED HER WHERE THE SOLDIERS HAD GOT TO , BUT SHE COULDN'
T TELL US , SO WE HAD TO LET HER GO . $
FINALLY WHEN IT GOT DARK , WE STARTED TO MOVE ON THROUGH THI
S CANYON , BUT IT WAS SLOW GOING AND WE STOPPED TO SLEEP , A
T TWO O'CLOCK . $
04 TWO IN THE MORNING ? $
13 RIGHT . $
WHEN WE WOKE UP IT WAS LIGHT , AND WE LOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT
SORT OF DAY IT WAS - THIS CANYON WAS SOMETHING LIKE A BOWL ,
 YOU SEE , WITH SIDES AND A BOTTOM - WELL , WE WERE AT THE B
OTTOM AND WE LOOKED UP AND ALL ROUND THE EDGES WERE THE SOLD
IERS . $
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THE SHOOTING BEGAN AT HALF PAST ONE AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT
TWO HOURS . $
04 WAS THIS WHEN YOU SNEAKED OFF , WILLY ? $
13 I WAS LEADING CHE'S MULE . $
YOU KNOW HE RODE A MULE A LOT OF THE TIME , BECAUSE HIS FEET
 WERE BAD AND HE WAS ALWAYS HALF CHOKED WITH ASTHMA . $
THEN HE GOT WOUNDED IN THE LEG . $
SO HE CAME OFF THE MULE AND HE WAS DRAGGED UP THE HILL TO A
TREE , AND THERE HE WAS LEANING ON THIS TREE AND STILL GIVIN
G ORDERS TO THE MEN . $
04 WHO DRAGGED ME UP THE HILL ? $
13 THAT WAS ME . $
THEN I WAS WITH HIM BY THE TREE GIVING COVERING FIRE . $
AND THE END OF IT WAS CHE'S RIFLE WAS SHOT OUT OF HIS HAND A
ND I WAS SHOT DEAD BESIDE HIM AND THAT WAS IT . $
02 PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF . $
04 I AM CHE GUEVARA . $
02 THIS IS A PLEASURE , MAJOR GUEVARA . $
YOU WILL FORGIVE ME IF I SAVOUR FOR A FEW MOMENTS SUCH A UNI
QUE PREVILEGE . $
YES , I CAN SEE THAT CHE GUEVARA , WHATEVER HE MAY HAVE SUFF
ERED , TO WHATEVER PHYSICAL CONDITION HE MAY BE REDUCED , HI
S DREAMS , HIS SCHEMES IN RUINS , REMAINS SUBLIMELY HIMSELF
. $
MY ADMIRATION FOR YOUR EXPLOITS , MAJOR , IS BOUNDLESS . $
04 WHO MIGHT YOU BE ? $
02 MY PERSONAL IDENTITY IS NEITHER HERE NOT THERE . $
I WORK FOR THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OF THE UNITED STA
TES . $
CALL ME DOCTOR GONZALEZ . $
04 WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME ? $
02 I WANT YOU TO LIVE , MAJOR . $
TO GO ON LIVING , THE EMBODIMENT OF THE HOPES OF SO MANY MIL
LIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS UNHAPPY WORLD OF OURS . $
DON'T THINK , JUST BECAUSE I REPRESENT WHAT YOU ARE PLEASED
TO CONSIDER AN IMPERIALIST POWER , BECAUSE I 'M A MIDDLE-AGE
D MAN , A LITTLE STOUT , A LITTLE BALDING , A LITTLE TARNISH
ED BY TIME AND EXPEDIENCY , THAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
 STAND FOR IN THE EYES OF THE YOUNG , THE POOR , THE TYRANNI
SED . $
WITH YOUR MACHINE-GUN IN YOUR HAND YOU WOULD BREAK DOWN THE
BOLTED DOORS OF THE ORCHARD OF HAPPINESS , LET ALL MEN ENTER
 AND PLUNDER THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND LIFE . $
WHAT A VISION YOU HAVE CONJURED UP , MAJOR , OF THE EARTHLY
PARADISE AND HOW JOYFULLY WE WOULD ALL TAKE OUR GUNS IN OUR
HANDS AND FOLLOW YOU . $
04 I MUST SUSPECT YOUR MOTIVES , DR GONZALEZ , WHEN YOU TALK
 LIKE THIS TO A MAN WHO IS A PRISONER IN THE HANDS OF HIS EN
EMIES . $
02 RATHER WORSE THAN A PRISONER , I REGRET . $
TO THE WORLD AT LARGE YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD . $
THE COMMANDER OF THE DIVISION WHICH MADE YOUR CAPTURE HAS AL
READY ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WERE KILLED IN ACTION . $
THE BOLIVIANS ARE AFRAID OF YOU , MAJOR , AND FRIGHTENED MEN
 ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL . $
04 THAT IS GOOD NEWS . $
THE THOUGHT OF DEATH DOES NOT FRIGHTEN ME . $
02 WHY SHOULD IT ? $
YOU HAVE LOOKED IT IN THE EYES SO OFTEN BEFORE . $
BUT THINK A LITTLE FURTHER , MAJOR , CONSIDER YOUR GLORIOUS
WORK : YOU MUST CONCLUDE THAT IT IS UNFINISHED . $
DOESN'T THE COMPLETION OF A MASTERPIECE REQUIRE THE MASTER'S
 OWN HAND ? $
WE OF THE C.I.A. ALSO BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE , WE NEED YOU TO
 HELP US FIND THAT FUTURE . $
THIS IS WHY WE ARE SO ANXIOUS TO CALM THE FEARS OF THE BOLIV
IANS AND TO PRESERVE YOUR VALUABLE LIFE . $
04 I DO NOT SEE MYSELF ENTERING THE ORCHARD IN YOUR COMPANY
, DR GONZALEZ . $
I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES AND I SEE NOT THE FEARS OF THE BOLIVIA
NS , BUT YOUR OWN MUCH GREATER FEAR . $
I SEE THE DOORS OF THE ORCHARD DOWN AND THE PEOPLE ENTERING
. $
I SEE THEM FEEDING ON THE FORBIDDEN FRUITS . $
BUT THEY ARE NOT LED , AS YOU SUPPOSE , BY A SICK MAN WITH A
 MERE GUN IN HIS HAND . $
NO , IT IS A DEAD MAN THEY FOLLOW , A MAN TRANSFIGURED BY TH
E PRICE HE HAS BEEN WILLING TO PAY . $
ALL THE GUNS IN NORTH AMERICA WILL NOT KEEP THAT DEAD MAN OU
T OF YOUR ORCHARD . $
02 THIS IS ROMANTIC NONSENSE WHICH YOU DO NOT BELIEVE . $
BE RATIONAL , MAJOR , YOU KNOW THAT ON THIS SOLID EARTH VICT
ORIES ARE WON BY LIVING MEN . $
HISTORY TEACHES US THAT WE ACHIEVE NOTHING BY LOSING PATIENC
E AND BREAKING ALL OUR TOYS . $
THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY REVOLUTIONS . $
IT 'S TIME TO GROW UP . $
GHOSTS HAVE NO PART TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE . $
04 THERE IS MY VICTORY , DR. GONZALEZ , SITTING ON THE MUZZL
E OF THAT BOLIVIAN GUN . $
NO LONGER A POOR TANGLE OF FLESH AND BLOOD , AFFLICTED WITH
ASTHMA , WITH PAINS IN THE LEGS AND A VOICE WEAKENED BY HARD
SHIP , BUT AN INDESTRUCTIBLE PHANTOM , AN ENORMOUS SLOGAN FL
OATING ACROSS YOUR REASON LIKE A FOG , SWEEPING AWAY YOUR TE
CHNOLOGICAL TOYS AS A RIVER SWAMPS A RAFT . $
AND THIS IS WHAT THE SLOGAN SAYS : $
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04 ' CHE LIVES . ' $
08 AND THERE WE FOUND HIM ALL OF A HEAP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
 FLOOR LIKE A GREAT DEAD SHEEP . $
IT MUST HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE END . $
03 TO OUR WAY OF THINKING , PERHAPS , MRS RENT , BUT NOT TO
HIS . $
HE DIED A HERO . $
08 BUT , MR. HOTEL , THAT WAS A DELUSION . $
HE WASN'T RIGHT IN THE HEAD . $
03 IT SUPPORTED HIM , MRS. RENT , IT BROUGHT HIM THROUGH . $
THERE 'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR DELUSIONS , AT LEAST THE H
ARMLESS VARIETY . $
03 WE HAVE ARRIVED , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN , AT OUR SOMEWHAT
INEVITABLE CONCLUSION - STAGE AND WINGS REPLETE WITH THE BAR
ELY BREATHING CORPSES OF DEAD HEROES . $
BUT WHO IS OUR HERO AT THE END OF THE DAY ? $
IS IT CHE GUEVARA , WHO AFTER THE TRADITIONAL MANNER OF MILI
TARY IDEALISTS TRANSLATED HIS OWN VIOLENT DREAMS INTO OTHER
PEOPLE'S REAL LIFE ? $
OR IS IT MACRUNE , WHO AFTER THE TRADITIONAL MANNER OF ROMAN
TIC ARTISTS TRANSLATED OTHER PEOPLE'S REAL LIFE INTO HIS OWN
 VIOLENT DREAMS ? $
PERHAPS OUR TRUE HERO SHOULD BE A MAN FOR WHOM LIFE - HOWEVE
R BORING - WOULD BE SIMPLY LIFE , AND DREAMS - HOWEVER INTOX
ICATING - SIMPLY DREAMS . $
BUT I WILL SAY NO MORE . $
FAR BE IT FROM ME TO SUGGEST THAT I AM MY OWN HERO . $