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Speaker 1 (00:11):
All hell, lor Gloria Saltan. He brings to tum and
victory and peace all hell. General, I hardly know what
to say. Lord. It is your triumph, as is the
head of myer on the herald's lance. Yes, but even
so she's still very desirable. Shall we show her to
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your people? Shall we let them cheer their great leader?
Very well? General Colan, let us do so. The army,
what come right beside me? The triumph is yours, majesty.
It's you. The people want to see. You're the Sultan
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and you have saved them. Yes, and when we are done,
I have the bitch's head sent to my room. Waking life,
sleeping life? What seven? Who was it? Someone has coming
into my bed chamber, know, your majesty, I swear who
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put it there? I don't know. I was on duty
all night. No one passed me. You were sleeping? No,
I swear much. I didn't get huh. If they wanted
to kill me, they could have, but they didn't. It's
a message. Shall I call the guard, Majesty? What shall
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I call the guard? Yes? Of course there are spies everywhere.
The sleep through the walls. I'm starting to do the
very ground that I walk on. Who can I trust anymore?
Who can I trust? You can trust me, majesty. I
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have served you all my life, and no one must
know about this, of course, your majesty, I will tell
no one. No, you won't. At your service, majesty, this fellow.
Take him away, dat him his lips, take him to
the deepest dungeon. Let no one speak with him, poor Morden.
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Metal in his ears, put out his eyes, stilet him,
be silent. How many more betrayers? How many more? The
city above, a city below? What is it, my sweet
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A dream? M another dream? It's nothing, just missed in
the sun, my little frog's sunday er under the city mother,
And no missed. And my dreams are real. You know
that they are dreams. He will grow out of them.
I promise that I won't. I have dreamt that too.
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Sleep Now. Soon everything will be good, and all manner
of things will be good. Nothing will be good, and
there would be all manner of horse. I have seen it.
I must tell the Sudan. Are you mad, my dear
sweet child? We cannot leave here. We are safe. He
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will come, He will take me. What are you talking about?
The Sordan will come here. Someone else will come and
he will take me. What who the man who murdered Papa?
He will come, he will take me cool love. No
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three dreams connected? But how go way? Damn you h
it's just a dream. What is it, excellency? I am
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to give you this what coin? Said? The one who
bought it said, you would know as I know. Yes,
I have meetings today. The Sultan, he needs reassurance. He
needs my reassurance. The envoy, what the hell is he
up to? Important? But this is more important? Tuman By
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episode seven, A Tale of Two Cities by Mike Walker.
H M. Gregor. Coffee. It is the finest coffee. You
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sent your man with my coin? I did? Well? Where
is the slave girl? It isn't that she isn't here?
Why else have you called me here because I slut
cave of her baby and you gave it to her?
Is that it? Do you think I would have called
you if that had been so? But she came here
and left her baby. I don't believe you. I told
you what I would do to the child. If you
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lie to me, come with me, Come with me. So
Beata is the nurse. She has a message for you. Well, girl.
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What's the matter with her? She doesn't speak your language?
Was called had a much in ambetition of quite tasty, Jean.
The spirit genes spirits. What you're talking about, she says,
The spirit gave her a message? What message? She says,
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you ought to bring the baby to the city of
the dead. Nonsense? What city of the dead? Down? People
all looked at people's in down his old wives tales.
I think it's the scared children and maids. There's nothing
in the catacombs except a few starving prisoners scrabbling in
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the dark. Nevertheless, your excellency, that's where you ought to
take her child? Why should I? Mama? Wait? You do?
She gives what you want. Severa tells me. They come
up in the darkness and forage for food. They use
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the water and sewage systems and the old caves, she says.
All the servants know of it, and many leaves scraps
out so their houses on bothers. I don't think they
come up here though, footholds hand holds. I can hear
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water down there, and maybe what do you do? Have
you ever been down? Of course not, it's crazy. It's
dangerous down there's stop pumping. Come back, very dark. There
are tunnels that go nowhere, they say, in pits and fire.
I don't know if it's madness to go down alone
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without a light. They say they feed up bodies so
severe as it says, And did she say you're severa
If there's a better way, in the safer way? She
said there was by the old temple, and then that's
where we go. Look do you think you should it's
a baby. It's not safe for her. She's safe here?
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Do you think I care about the baby? Please? Will
you not eat? Majesty? These are the same dates that
poisoned my nephew. How can I trust them? How can
I trust any of you? But majesty, I have tasted
these dates. If the food or poison, I would die.
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He speaks the truth, sire, So you say, doctor, But
what if it were a poison that took an hour
a day to act? What done? Your majesty? You are
out of sort that can assure you that I am not?
I am thinking clearly for once? Trust? What is trust?
Can I trust any one of you? Yes? Enemies all
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around me. The hand that offers dates may as well
profer a dagger. Your majesty, you have been under a
great strain of late. It's true, the threat of war,
the burden that I have to carry His Great Your majesty,
these petals taken from a rose grown only in the
snowy mountains. Smell them. We can't go get out all
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of you, no, bye, and Sire, I wish to be safe. General, Yes, center,
these foods, I can't have them around me anymore. I
don't know who to trust. H I just ate a
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date without even thinking. Well, they look very good, Sire,
But what if they are poisoned one moment of inattention?
May I then we are both dead men? Ah? But
maybe you know which dates are poisoned and which I'm not.
If you can tell dates apart, you are a shrewder
judge than I, majesty. But may we get to business
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and leave our digestions to God? Very well, generous? What news?
Commander wolf scouts inform him that Mayer's forces across the
borders into the Emerald Province. So you say, he says so,
and I trust him. I believe we need to hit
her now, and hit her hard. I need to get
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back to the army, Sire. I don't know. Perhaps we
should concentrate on finding this radequary and handin over to
give us time. We don't need time. She does. She
has spies in the city. She'll know all we do.
They've already killed my chief wife. We could all be
murdered in our bed. The heir Spires killed shajar Than.
They already have the reliquary. What do you mean it
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was in her possession? How can you know that? I
am your general. It is my business to know these things,
but too much. I know what I must to defend too, Mumbai,
and your Swroan does his majestn needs defending? Yes, where
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is your brother Gender? We need to double the guards
trouble him. Where were you awaiting your summons? Majesty? As
for Gregor, I do not know. We were meant to
meet this morning to discuss certain matters of security. Perhaps
he is searching for spies, not that he's had much success.
And if any ready is waiting outside, shall I call him?
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We have nothing to offer until we find what he seeks. Majesty,
This is inadvisable, this reliquary. Did anyone ever go to
war for a box? Wars are fought for territory and control.
She's trying to divide and confuse. She wants to plant
fear and mistrust to weaken our resolve. She'll keep offering
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us this and that to ensure we stay behind the
wars of two men bay, looking inwards whilst her forces advanced.
That is one possible course of action, but there are others.
I am not a distinguished military man like you, General,
but it seems to me that this rush to arms
betrays our fear of Maya. Let her come to us.
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We are not afraid of her. To respond first, show's
weakness to stand as a city that has stood invulnerable
for thousands of years. That shows our power. We'll root
out her spies, and then we will see cut off
a damned head and put it on a lance, and
then we'll see give me permission to go back to
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my army, your army, No, No, I want to keep
you close where I can see you. Tell the envoy
to come back tomorrow morning and find the radiquary and
send me the position that won't burn for long. And
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the nights are freezing out here? Would you rather be
back in your cage? What is that to find in
a desert? Yeah? Over there? What is that? See like
the first lights of dawn on the horizon. I see
it is that? It is that the city are there's
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the lights of to Monday. How should I know? You
asked too many questions. Maybe you need a good slapping, easy, easy.
Now you're a family. You have to stop behaving like
you're a king or something. Was the king once? I
know you told us and now you're not. Oh, it
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is to Monday. We'll be at the gates tomorrow and
then and then we'll find your family. That's what you want,
isn't it. I suppose that, yes, of course it isn't.
What's about me? You can take your dogs and join
a circus or something. You'll be fine. What about you?
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I have some business to settle. The man who betrayed you.
He was from Tomin Bay, wasn't He killed my people
and tok then above all things on this earth, I
want to look into his eyes as I pushed the
point of a sword into his throat. And then then
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then I don't know no good hunt and kill, be free,
go go? Why did you do that? They were your dogs?
They wouldn't be happy in the surface. Now they'll be
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their own masters and have their own way. We could
have sober boy. They were not saying mm hmm andfo,
I won't last much longer. Better up, up and get
some sleep, and tomorrow we'll see about to memby h
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Do you come seeking solitude at the Temple of Solace?
My son? You don't look as if you need arms
or food? How do you know what I look like?
You've no eyes. There are more ways of seeing than
with those lumps of jellies. I listen, I feel the air,
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I smell, yes, you dear, I have served here for
many years. There's not much I haven't seen. So what
else do you see? A fine man in the pump
of his ear, clever, powerful, with a child, m a
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man who has lost something valuable. It seems to me,
old man, that you know a site too much for
your own good hold. I know, says what you tell
me yourself, and what you have lost, what weaves the
thread of fear through the power and privilege you carry
with you. That is something else from long ago. Tell
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me something useful. Arms for the temple gold, then expect
good value for my money. I want to get into
the under city. No, sir, you do not. Did you
smell the steel you've wasted? Enough of my time. Very well, sir,
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go into the temple. Go to the ending stair. At
the foot of the steps is a wooden door set
into the stone. This key will open it. You will
see that the stairs wind down as well as up.
Leave the key in the lock and shut the trap
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behind you. I'll need the key to get out again.
You won't get out, not on your own. Mm hm
h h Hello, hello you stop? Who comes? I mean you?
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No harm? What hard? Who could harmon? I'm looking for someone.
If you help me, there will be no trouble. A
slave girl, Sarah. Her name is Sarah. I have her
child here. Her name is Sarah. Why do you look?
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What do you cannot say? She's under my protection? The baby.
Give us the chat, leave her alone, leave her wait
the chat. Give her back. She's mine. Give her back.
I need her come back. Get away, get away? Where
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are you show yourselves? I am the master of the palace.
Guard not down here. I'll have you. I'll have you arrested.
And most of us have been arrested already. And we
know who you are. Gregor, son of Noma, welcome to
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the green. Get back. I'm warning you your morning days
are over. You must answer the charges. What are you
talking about? There must be charges to answer. You can't
charge me. I am master of the Sultan's Guard. Thank
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good Will you be the judge? Yes, it will be
my honor, and you I am the Sultan. You can
judge and I will pass sentence. This is mat nous.
Who are you people? You have no right? I know
nothing about any crimes. Who are you to try me
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to allay the charges I win? Who are you? A
freeman of the underworld like you? What are the charges
that you gregor? No man murdered the good man who
took you into his house and educated you and gave
you a future? What? Who do you deny it? He was?
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He beat us, He was cruel evil. I had no
choice that, as master of the Palace Guard, you have
caused many to die and languish in prison for no
reason other than to instill fear, not language. This is
policy for the greater good. There are enemies everywhere. If
you show weakness, anarchy rules. There must be control. Bassim?
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Who is Bassim? An officer of the Palace Guard, a
good soldier loyal to his master's He was strangled in
the dungeons. He must have done something otherwise, he wouldn't
have been in a dungeon. Prisoners should remember where he
stands at this moment. He's not helping his case. Damn
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my case, Damn you too. Bassim passive? Who the hell
is Fassim? One mistake he made He allowed an envoy
into the presence of the Sultan without a search. That one. Yeah,
you cannot keep discipline unless people fear the consequences of
their actions. The envoy carried a severed head. He threw
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it in front of the Sultan. Someone had to pay.
He failed to protect the Sultan, as you failed to
protect the Sultan's wife. Next charge that you, Gregor, did
lay waste a nation. You gave your word to a
king and you broke it. You took his country and
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you enslaved his people. That's diplomacy. I was just doing
my job. I was serving my sort down here. You
answered to a different master. Who are you? The dregs
and drainings of tuman Bay? Do your worst. I wouldn't
waste my space on you. You have no more to say.
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Then you have sentenced yourself to the worst. That we
can do money money, money, money that I don't know
you don't who's going further? And the towers really do
charge the clouds. My father used to say this was
the greatest city in the world. It must be. There's
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no end to him. And all these people what do
they want? And they want to make a living just
like everyone else. We can eat when we get to
my father's house. We'll eat like kings and means. Right now,
it's set up for breakfast over there. Yes, my lady
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took off the police and skin of water with fine nuts,
a wise choice, and the finest water this side after
exposed through a camel for the man with such a
sweet young wife. You have a sour nature? And my friend,
where do we get in m hm is a think
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the scood? And to Mumbai there's a good girl. People
are going through that way. The gates stopped picking tom
all the boots that heavy. And to Mumbai that's not funny.
Come on, we're almost home. You almost home. My home
is your home. I know my father will welcome you both.
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What's your papers some kind of part of permission to
show you have business in a place, but we don't.
I'll talk to them. He'll be all right. Papers. We're together.
My father lives in the city. Papers. He's a merchant
by the name of even they. He'll pay whatever is needed.
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If we can only go through no papers, you can't
go through next next paper. How many of you I
was keeping that my father is a merchant. Think of
us close, Cristal, because it's not fair. There must be
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other ways in. We'll wait, think of something. It can
be hard to come all this way to the greatest
city in the world and then to find buff There
is no way in. It used to be easy, you
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could just walk through, as they say, used to be.
There's been some well, how would you say, problems, it
seems out on the far borders, rumors of war. So
everything's been tightened up, terrible for trade. But there you are,
as they say, and here we are. Indeed they do,
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my pretty boy, Indeed they do terrible times for us
merchants like your father. I heard you say he was
in business. Oh, yes, perhaps you know him. What's his name?
Even of the house of he's very well respected and
he trades in I'm sure we've met the name as
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it were. And these are your followers. We're friends, but
we have no papers, and we need to get in
wethers always away. As you might put it, we have money, No, no, no, no, no,
we're not interested in your money, My dear girl, what
would you want? We'll be happy to help. Why you
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can provide me with the service? What kind of service?
We are happy to help people who can help us. Really,
there's no catch. Look you're talking over as they do,
as they do that, wait, take it, or as you
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could say, leave it. There's my tent. I'll be there
if I can be of service. Can we trust him? No,
but we still need to get into the city. I'll
talk to him. Are you sure. I'm sure of nothing
except that we can wait forever outside the gate and
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never get in. And two of us at least want
to get in very much. Wait here? Can we trust him?
I trust him. We've been to a lot together. He
wants to kill a man. Maybe he won't care how
many other people he hurts to do that. People are
like that when they want something a lot. What do
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you want? I want to fly? Nobody flies? Well that's
what I want, all right, I worked it out. Come on?
What did he want? We have pledged to do certain
tasks for him once we are in the city. The
three moons, and when that time has passed, our obligation
will be paid. And if we don't do what he asks,
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we will they will make surely we are not the
only people they have working for. Don't worry. Come, ah,
very good, we can say you two are brother and sister.
Now I just need to good. That's done, and that
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here you are? Is this it? Oh? They work every time.
Look through it. Be familiar as they say. Oh, very good, sir,
you are a man who appreciates the natures of the jest.
Now here to come with me the money, of course. Wait,
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I don't understand. You don't need to. As long as
you can lie in your back with your legs open,
you'll make a fine show, you and your little brother.
You can, you can, I'll tell you once, bitch, you
talk too much. From that first moment, wine wine, wine,
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ever since we came ashore you and the boy. I
don't need you, I don't want the family, get it now.
I'm rid of you both. What has he done? He
sold you? Don't worry. Everyone's a slave and Dumumbai. Who
knows where you might end up. I hope you die.
I hate you still, I'll bind you. Is everything satisfactory perfectly.
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Let us shake hands on it as we do in
my country. My friend, oh, you're hurting me? What have
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you done? Killed him? You didn't think I'd sell you? Now?
Shall we test these papers before his friends come back?
As they say, no killing? His majesty will see you now,
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Your Majesty is Excellency iffend event please stand here? Do
we really have time for these formal dances? Perhaps formality
has a purpose. It ensures at least a measure of respect, Majesty.
I made it plain to your man Gregor where is
he by the way, but he obviously didn't pass the
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message on. I must be my own messenger. It seems
Maya has made it known that with each day that passes,
her terms will become less generous. But she has decided
to be possiful. Oh oh, should I fall to my knees?
Should they kiss her ass? Now? Please tell me what
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form does this mercy take? Give me the reliquary. Now
recognize Maya's legitimate right to govern amber province and lead
her people, and she will withdraw. This is a clear sign,
Majesty that she's running scared, She's lost her nerve. This
is all she has ever wanted. You can't believe him,
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it's not true. Be silent. I'll handle this. We need time.
Your man Gregor was meant to beat me this morning.
He wasn't. There might to understand that he is seeking
what is lost. Gregor is pursuing his duties. That is all.
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I'll leave you to your discussions. I have not dismissed
you yet you have until this time tomorrow. He treats
me like I swear, he will suffer as no man
has ever suffered in this world. There will be not
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one part of his flesh that does not scream for death.
By the time I have him strung up. I beg you.
Let me do my job and get back to the army.
You stay. Were they still in there? Yes, sir? How
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long do these things usually take? They take as long
as they take you. You very helpful God. What happened
in their general? Are we ready to ride? No? What
do you mean? We are not going back to the army.
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We're not going that's crazy. The Sultan as a frightened
man scared for his own life. The man who's afraid
to die will never be any good in a fight.
Our greatest weakness is our leader. Well, I've said it
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now treason, come on, more like common sense. General, you
know where my loyalty lies. Indeed, come, we need to talk.
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There has been too much talk. Now it's time to act.
What did you say? We return to the army, prepare
for battle. We engage in destroy Maya's forces. If the
Sultan cannot give the command you must, A man would
be guilty of treason to act in such a way
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as you said. A man who is afraid to die
is no leader. Be a leader, General. It's simple enough.
If we cannot go to the army, order the army
to come to us. I have a messenger saddled and
ready to ride. The last time we talked, man, now,
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you were upset. OK. If it was anything I said, No,
it wasn't. Please don't concern yourself about it. But I do.
I don't want you to be upset. I care about you. Man.
Now you have been kind to me. It was no trouble.
I mean, I'm happy to take trouble, and I am
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happy that you're happy when you smile. I'm sorry it
is not my place to talk this way. You can
talk about smiles or do you want Daniel and kisses
what if I were to talk about kisses manaw father
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at home? I don't coming, sir. I'm sorry due to cause,
but you didn't answer my question. If anyone saws doing this,
be safe, general ship down your friend mad. How is he?
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He seems well? Sir? Does he have ambitions? How to
tell he's inclined to sit and write poetry and enjoy himself.
But stay close to him. It will be useful to us.
To us, sir, that's right, I am going to save
to Munday. Of course, if I fail, I don't understand.
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You don't need to. Does mat do trust you? It's
hard to be certain? Then you need to be certain. Hello?
Is someone there? You take a chance. Sometimes it pays off,
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and sometimes it doesn't. Hello, Hello, my lord Sarah. They've
flocked me in here. They want to do something the worst.
I don't know if you have to tell them. And
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I brought your baby back. I saved you. You have
an interesting way of remembering the past. I brought you
into the palace. I found your position a good one.
I looked after you. How you remember, thinks Gregor? They
want to kill me. Wait, I don't think you're in
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command anymore. I've brought your baby as you asked. Now
you own me. O, come with me. There's someone who
wants to see you. What did you do, you bitch?
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Why did you have to kill her? What about the box?
The scrolls? Have you got them? If you want to
keep your hands, take them off me now, God sick.
You're my spy, you're my slave. There are no slaves
down here. You're on your own. Maybe I'll never get out.
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Maybe you'll wonder for years, going blind in the dark,
eating insects before they eat you. Wait, wait, wait, damn,
you don't leave me. This way through here, mm hmm
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into the light? Is it him? Yes? What's happening? Sarah? Sarah? Sarah?
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This is my son? Does he speak? You had a
dream this morning? What are you talking about? What? Dream
about your brother and something that happened a long time ago?
You're mad? There was no dream, no dream. That dream
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has brought you to me before you were at that trial.
I am the son of the man whose name you
couldn't remember. Batham was a good husband, a good father.
He was a loyal soldier, loyal to this will done,
loyal to duman Bay. What do you want with me?
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We have a journey to go on. I don't have
time for this. Kill me if you want, but I
have better things to do. It doesn't matter. You have
no choice. Everything will happen as I have seen, just
as I saw my father's death. Oh and the moment
of my death and hers and yours. I wanted to
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kill you, but I can't because I have had a
vision and I need to tell the Sudan about it.
You have to take me to him. Are you insane? Boy?
Here in my hand a gold coin. M I turned
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my hand and the coin will fall, and there is
nothing that will stop it falling. So it is written,
and so I have seen. M hm hm hm. I
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should say, I don't mind your stubble. I'm a soldier.
I'm used to it. You certainly are. That's how my
father died bed with his lover under the hand of
his barber Ah. He was Algorious brother. Wasn't he elder brother,
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good ruler? So everyone says Algory was obsessed with my
mother and for whatever reason she plotted with him. Maybe
she wanted more power and new my uncle would give
it to her. They killed him, his brother and his
first wife. She wasn't the first wife then there was
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someone else, how, the barber. They poisoned the blade of
his razor, and then one nick and the Sultan died
in agony. Hours later. They were never anywhere near, and
the barber was long gone. They probably killed him too,
as well as the first wife and her children. Is
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it any surprise that I hate This place is a
pit of snakes. I don't want to be the Sultan.
I just want us to be together and for everyone
to leave us alone somehow. I don't think that's going
to happen, not unless we make it happen. Oh, run away,
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mm hmm. You are the cleverest man in two Man Bay. Yes, yes, yes,
the whole lot of them behind. But if they called
us you're a slave, they'd execute you. I'm all right,
but I couldn't bear to lose you, Daniel. Let me
better not get caught. Seriously, seriously, Metal, I will go
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anywhere with you. Just say the word. The word is
I love you? Yes, I love you. Episode seven of
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Two Man Bay, A Tale of Two Cities featuring Rufus Right,
Olivia Popika, Ayesha Heart, and Alexander Siddek, was written by
Mike Walker with music by Sasha Putnam and editing and
sound designed by Steve bond To Mumbaid is directed by
Me John Scott Dryden and created by Me and Mike Walker,
and produced by Emma Herne and Nadia Khan. For more details,
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including a castle list, visit to Mumbai dot Com m