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Fool's Gold

The Lives of Harry Lime · April 4, 1952 · 29 min · 3,826 words

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Presenting Orson Welles as The Third Man. Lives of Harry Lime. The fabulous stories of the immortal character originally created in the motion picture The Third Man with Zoother Music by Anton Carus.

Now right from the very outset friends I wanted clearly understood that I do not believe in Santa Claus. If a man offers to sell me a gold brick I do not reach for my billfold except to make sure I still have it.

Nevertheless, when I sat down in the bar of the George sank in Paris not so long ago, I'd have sworn I'd met Santa Claus at last Nor did he offer me fools gold or he offered was the real thing gold from fools as Harry Lime the third man in today's story

fools gold It began as I told you and the bar of the George sank in Paris I run a guy and even wanted to meet the man. I wanted to see him at all when he called to make the appointment.

I was even rude to him. So, Miss Yolim, your health? Well, I vote. Perhaps if I came quickly to the point. Let's go. I hope you know. As you know, if you're gold as a commodity, it's worth $35 American dollars, the toy house, on the control market.

Naturally. Unfortunately, it can be disposed of at far greater prices in the Orient. As high as $60 the Troy ounce will be paid in Karachi or Gohao or Bombay or Makawa Hong Kong. That's all very interesting.

Please, I will make myself clear in a moment. I hope so. Let me suggest to you that there are at least three West European governments which would be happy if they could purchase more gold at the regulator price.

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