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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 MIXE . . .
