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ACT ONE.	SCENE THREE

				AN INTERVIEW ROOM. THE PROSECUTOR SITS 
				BEHIND A DESK, ARRANGING HIS PAPERS. A
				UNIFORMED UNDERLING STANDS IN
				ATTENDANCE.

PROSECUTOR	Bring in the prisoner.

				THE UNDERLING EXITS. THE PROSECUTOR 
				SITS BACK, RELAXED. THE UNDERLING 
				RETURNS WITH THE PRISONER, WHO LOOKS 
				GAUNT AND TIRED.

PROSECUTOR	Be seated, please.

				THE PRISONER SITS AT THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF
				THE ROOM.

		Well now, my friend, we meet again. Let us hope that this time our 
		discussion will be somewhat more fruitful. Have you considered my 
		proposition?

PRISONER		Of course.

PROSECUTOR	And what conclusion have you come to?

PRISONER		I reject it.

PROSECUTOR	Do you know what you're saying? Do you realise....

PRISONER 		(Wearily)  Yes, I realise. I'm not a fool. I realise accepting your
		offer is the only way I can save my life. But there are things more 
		important than my life. That's what you people can never understand. 
		The Movement will continue without me. But I cannot betray the 
		Movement.

PROSECUTOR	Is that your last word?

PRISONER		It is.

PROSECUTOR	Then you leave me no alternative.

				BLACKOUT

ACT ONE.   SCENE FOUR

				A CELL. THE PRISONER SITS ON A WOODEN 
				BENCH. A WARDER STANDS GUARD.

WARDER		It looks as though we're going to have a nice day for it.

PRISONER		Does it?

WARDER		The wind's blowing fair. There are some who say it makes no 
		difference, but I don't agree. When it's my turn to go, I'd like it to be a
		fine, sunny day.