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The Lives of Harry Lime · January 11, 1952 · 28 min · 2,871 words
The transcript of “Hand of Glory”, an episode of The Lives of Harry Lime first broadcast January 11, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Orson Welles on the Air plays The Lives of Harry Lime free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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The fabulous stories of the immortal character originally created in the motion picture The Third Man with the Zither Music by Anton Caris. Making my way through a side alley in Paris. Will you ever in such a...
I was hit on right here for the sake of a chunk of gold. But where the gold was by then I didn't know and I didn't care. I wanted to lay low somewhere and that's what happened. I found myself in one of those sleepy English villages.
But the cows chew their cobs all day and the matter is nothing ever happened. No, so I thought... Do you believe in which curse? Well, I didn't till then. Thanks for a lot to convince me of anything.
In this case, it needed the death of two people in that three-p English village to prove me wrong. The third man, here from France, on the boat for the channel crossing,
all I cared for was being quiet, very, very quiet. I guess I looked like just another bum. I was pretty seedy, you know. My arm was wrestling. I was feeling kind of faint, too. And then I felt someone touch my arm.
That's all good. With wide gray eyes and dark lashes, but still over cheeks. Excuse me. I've been watching you. I won't write. Oh, yes. Yes, I'm okay, thanks. Oh, you don't look it. Why don't you go downstairs?
Well, thanks. I like the air. It's so common today. You can't be seasick. I need your arm painful. I see you've got it in the sleeves. But are you sure there's nothing I can get?
No, really, thanks. You're very kind of. I'm all right. Are you in pain with that arm? Not too good, but I'll be okay. So worry about me. I will do at least sit down on one of these chairs and let me find a steward in order you would drink.
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