WEBVTT 00:00:20.929 --> 00:00:26.390 Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Once again, be my 00:00:26.390 --> 00:00:30.690 guest on a strange journey. A weird, wild trip 00:00:30.690 --> 00:00:35.009 through a mysterious, uncharted terrain bounded 00:00:35.009 --> 00:00:40.289 only by your imagination. There's an expression, 00:00:41.049 --> 00:00:44.609 the night of the long knives. And it has come 00:00:44.609 --> 00:00:49.070 to mean an orgy of murder. And it usually follows 00:00:49.070 --> 00:00:52.960 a rebellion. or a civil war. It's a time when 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:57.119 many of those on the winning side take the opportunity 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:01.280 to settle some personal scores. Why are you leaving, 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:04.680 Roberto? It isn't obvious who can live here any 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:07.920 longer. There is another woman. Pilar, there 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.219 never was. There never will be another woman. 00:01:10.379 --> 00:01:12.760 You are going to her? There is nothing here for 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:15.700 me any longer. That's a lie. Pilar, won't you 00:01:15.700 --> 00:01:18.629 understand? Yes, I understand one thing. You 00:01:18.629 --> 00:01:22.349 are tired of me! Pilar, one day, as soon as... 00:01:22.349 --> 00:01:24.950 If I cannot have you, no one will! But I tell 00:01:24.950 --> 00:01:27.689 you, there is no one else! Roberto, don't leave 00:01:27.689 --> 00:01:51.329 me! Goodbye, Pilar! drama, The Longest Night, 00:01:51.969 --> 00:01:54.230 was written especially for the Mystery Theatre 00:01:54.230 --> 00:01:59.689 by Sam Dan and stars Bryna Rayburn. It is sponsored 00:01:59.689 --> 00:02:04.049 in part by the Kellogg Company, makers of Kellogg's 00:02:04.049 --> 00:02:08.490 Special K Cereal, and New Sugar Free Diet 7 Up. 00:02:09.270 --> 00:02:24.360 I'll be back shortly with Act One. We're about 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:27.120 to discover one of those little -known, out -of 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:30.039 -the -way restaurants where the food can only 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:35.219 be described as heavenly. It's a safe bet. You've 00:02:35.219 --> 00:02:39.400 never heard of a place called Mama Pilar's. It 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:42.800 is located in a tiny seaport village called Puerto 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.439 San Jorge in an obscure Latin American country. 00:02:47.219 --> 00:02:49.960 It's a long way to travel for dinner, but be 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:54.800 assured, it's worth it. Mama Pilar's doesn't 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:59.039 look like very much. It's small, dark, narrow, 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:03.219 but don't let that put you off. Seated at his 00:03:03.219 --> 00:03:06.580 usual table near the door is a chubby, pleasant 00:03:06.580 --> 00:03:10.800 -looking middle -aged man named Siriaco. Siriaco 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:14.680 is unable to talk, but his guitar speaks for 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:19.020 him. Tonight, the only customers in the place 00:03:19.259 --> 00:03:22.500 of Pete and Marge Miller. And they are obviously 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:29.300 young, North American, and newly married. This? 00:03:30.620 --> 00:03:34.379 This is the finest restaurant in the entire world? 00:03:34.539 --> 00:03:37.400 Darling, taste is the test. Now, come on, bear 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:41.860 with me. Pete, whose picture is that on the wall? 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.280 He's just like one of those funny admirals in 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:47.080 a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Marge, come 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:49.259 on, don't talk like that, as if... As if what? 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:52.479 Well, as if you're back home in a free country. 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.280 Well, you see that picture everywhere. Is he 00:03:54.280 --> 00:03:58.580 some local wheel? Angel, he is THE wheel. No 00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:03.000 kidding. He is the generissimo numero uno, our 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:07.439 maximum leader. Even so, he looks like a pig. 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.520 Marge. Now, you can't talk like that in public. 00:04:11.699 --> 00:04:14.379 Besides, he's the client. He's the man I was 00:04:14.379 --> 00:04:16.620 sent here to sell, and you'd better pray for 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:19.759 him. How can I pray for him? Instinctively, I 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:23.500 hate him. You can see evil all over his face. 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.639 He's a very sick man. Oh, really? I understand 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:30.360 he has severe ulcers. He had eats like a pig. 00:04:30.779 --> 00:04:35.620 Now you said the word. Here she comes. The great 00:04:35.620 --> 00:04:39.600 lady, Mama Pilar, herself. Welcome to this house. 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.459 You don't remember me, Mama Pilar? Of course 00:04:44.459 --> 00:04:47.279 I remember you, Senor Miller, but... Well, I 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:50.860 thought it best not to say so. Oh, why? Well, 00:04:50.860 --> 00:04:53.759 I see this charming young lady as your wife. 00:04:54.839 --> 00:04:56.740 Perhaps she is not supposed to know you were 00:04:56.740 --> 00:05:01.300 here before. Now, what would you like for your 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:04.839 dinner? Mamma Pilar, we are in your hands. Good. 00:05:05.139 --> 00:05:10.339 I hope you are hungry. It is quite a character. 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:17.600 It's amazing. Dictator, what's his name? General 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:22.420 Zariya. Zariya? He actually does look like a 00:05:22.420 --> 00:05:25.480 pig. Now Marge, you simply cannot be... I come 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:29.459 from Iowa. I know a hog when I see one. You are 00:05:29.459 --> 00:05:31.579 a guest in a foreign country, and you should 00:05:31.579 --> 00:05:33.360 have enough good sense that... He's always so 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:36.100 afraid I'll say something to embarrass him. We 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:38.459 will have to socialize with this man. Be proud 00:05:38.459 --> 00:05:41.139 of me. I've tried her so charmingly no one ever 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:43.439 will suspect that I've got a brain in my head. 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:52.399 What? What is that? Oh! Divine aroma! Aha! Well, 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:56.079 you've tasted! And now, good friends, your dinner! 00:05:56.899 --> 00:06:02.160 Oh! What is that? Food? That is all? That's all! 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:06.579 What a song! Notes! But it's how these things 00:06:06.579 --> 00:06:11.079 are put together! Oh, thank you, signora! You 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:13.959 have been married long? This is our honeymoon. 00:06:14.120 --> 00:06:18.060 And also a business. True. Well, can the two 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:22.160 be combined? You will be here a while? My company 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:24.100 is working on a development plan with General 00:06:24.100 --> 00:06:27.639 Zaria. Ah, yes. The leader will make us into 00:06:27.639 --> 00:06:30.920 a great nation. One day we will all be rich. 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:35.240 Ah, sure. He promised. Well, don't bet on it. 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:41.660 You think he lies? At least. I think. Marge. 00:06:42.019 --> 00:06:45.779 No, no. Tell me, senora. Who has poisoned you 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:49.560 against our leader? The traitors? The cowards 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:54.100 and doubters who fear to believe? You are a foreigner, 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:57.319 so how can you understand that I love my leader 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:02.240 because I love my country? When he fought the 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:04.839 old government, that unholy alliance of thieves 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:07.660 and oppressors, when he called for volunteers... 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:14.319 I gave this man my only son. Go, I said to Ramon, 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:19.339 follow him. And today, my Ramon is a captain. 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.399 And one day he will invite me to the capital 00:07:22.399 --> 00:07:27.639 city and present me to the leader. Forgive me, 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:32.839 I talk too much. Well, see what the wind blew 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:36.639 in, a beggar. Momo, be loud. Yes, old woman. 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:39.899 You found me. If you are mama bella, I have a 00:07:39.899 --> 00:07:45.060 letter for you. A letter? For me? From your son. 00:07:45.699 --> 00:07:48.660 From Ramon? How is he? When did you last see 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:50.860 Ramon? I have no time here. Take your letter. 00:07:51.339 --> 00:07:57.620 But what do I want to talk to you? Oh well. A 00:07:57.620 --> 00:08:01.579 letter. Oh the devil Ramon. You think he'd come 00:08:01.579 --> 00:08:05.220 by to visit his old mother? No, no. Well, he 00:08:05.220 --> 00:08:14.449 is busy. Senora, you read, I am sure. Me? I never 00:08:14.449 --> 00:08:17.990 did learn. Would you be so... I'm sure that must 00:08:17.990 --> 00:08:20.389 be something private between you and your son. 00:08:20.410 --> 00:08:23.410 No, no, no. Someone will have to read it to me. 00:08:23.550 --> 00:08:30.709 It would be a favor, senora. All right. What 00:08:30.709 --> 00:08:34.509 does he say? His letters are always so amusing. 00:08:34.990 --> 00:08:38.169 My dearest little mother. When you receive this 00:08:38.169 --> 00:08:49.090 letter, I will be dead. Read. Read. Our leader 00:08:49.090 --> 00:08:53.389 has betrayed us. We thought we fought for freedom, 00:08:54.169 --> 00:08:58.330 but he has made slaves of us all. Mama, he is 00:08:58.330 --> 00:09:03.009 a madman, and now that he realizes I know him, 00:09:03.370 --> 00:09:07.639 he will kill me with his own hands. Avenge me, 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:11.740 mama. Avenge me. My last thoughts are of you, 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:17.100 the loving son Ramon. You lie! You lie! You make 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:19.059 up this ugly falsehood because you hate the leader! 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.899 I'm sorry. Mommy Pilar, can we help you? Leave 00:09:24.899 --> 00:09:27.960 me. Well, if you need anything, we'll be in the 00:09:27.960 --> 00:09:41.529 capital city. Goodbye, Mommy Pilar. You see that 00:09:41.529 --> 00:09:45.330 face? The face that looks down upon us from the 00:09:45.330 --> 00:09:51.129 wall? I will kill him, Siriaco. I will kill him 00:09:51.129 --> 00:09:56.250 with my own hands. And after I have killed him, 00:09:57.309 --> 00:10:06.649 I will weep for Ramón. Marge? Marge, darling, 00:10:06.909 --> 00:10:10.210 I'm sorry a thing like this had to happen. Pete? 00:10:10.509 --> 00:10:14.090 Hmm. I know you have a job to do in this country. 00:10:14.850 --> 00:10:18.610 But I can't take any part in it. I will not socialize 00:10:18.610 --> 00:10:22.029 with that man. I will not visit his palace. He 00:10:22.029 --> 00:10:25.250 will not be invited to my home. But darling... 00:10:25.250 --> 00:10:29.289 I refuse to discuss it. All right, dear. All 00:10:29.289 --> 00:10:43.419 right. My leader, you are breaking your diet. 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:47.259 Shut up! Yes, my leader. What appointments have 00:10:47.259 --> 00:10:51.159 I this afternoon, Escobar? Dr. Suarez is due 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:54.860 here at any moment. Then the young North American 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:57.980 engineer, Senor Peter Miller. Is there more meat? 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.519 My leader, what will Dr. Suarez say when he sees 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:06.480 you have broken your diet? I am starved. Dr. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:09.960 Suarez. Get rid of that slop. I gave you a diet. 00:11:10.699 --> 00:11:15.100 What are you doing? I must eat. I'm not a bird, 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:18.659 I'm a man. You are a self -indulgent fat slob. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:21.299 See Escobar, see how he talks to me. I'll kill 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:23.360 you if you address our leader as a... Be quiet, 00:11:23.580 --> 00:11:26.960 you obscene little rodent. You, open your shirt. 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:29.480 I don't care if the man is a doctor, he must 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:33.259 have respect for our... Why don't you like me? 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:35.840 Roll up your sleeve, I will take your blood pressure. 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:38.519 I tolerate you because you are the best doctor 00:11:38.519 --> 00:11:42.179 in the country. But take care now you provoke 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:46.480 me be moderate exactly my prescription for you, 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:50.200 but I can't leave without good food wine then 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:53.639 die You're not the only doctor in the nation 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:57.240 as indeed not fetch some quack some bootlicking 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:01.379 flower and him what to prescribe I'm sure the 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:04.419 charlatan will oblige you and in three months. 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:09.299 You will be a dead man Good day I will be here 00:12:09.299 --> 00:12:19.360 tomorrow. He's right. The dog. Moderation. I'll 00:12:19.360 --> 00:12:23.299 see the North American. Sending, Senor Pita Miller. 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:28.360 Moderation. Moderation and abstinence. That's 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:31.500 the way to live forever. You must keep me to 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:35.720 that diet, Escobar. Keep me to that diet. Your 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:38.769 Excellency? Yes, sir. I have here the report 00:12:38.769 --> 00:12:41.429 on all the preliminary studies. Have you? Yes, 00:12:41.549 --> 00:12:43.629 sir. An overall program to build hospitals, schools, 00:12:43.830 --> 00:12:46.690 bridges, aqueducts, rain swamps. We can transform 00:12:46.690 --> 00:12:49.629 the entire country. Can you? Yes. Now, if you'll 00:12:49.629 --> 00:12:52.269 examine these papers. Be not, sir. Be silent. 00:12:53.350 --> 00:12:56.990 Mr. Miller, do you know what you are? You, sir, 00:12:56.990 --> 00:13:00.350 are a barbarian. You enter a man's office and 00:13:00.350 --> 00:13:03.750 with absolutely no regard for the amenities. 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:07.120 You start slapping your business documents all 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.940 over his desk. A thousand pardons, Your Excellency. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.460 Is it your impression that you will have me sign 00:13:12.460 --> 00:13:14.960 these documents and be on an aircraft bound for 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:17.860 the United States within the hour? No, sir. I'm 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:24.299 completely at your disposal, sir. I understand 00:13:24.299 --> 00:13:29.279 your lovely wife is with you. How is she? Fine. 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.240 We shall hold a reception in her honor tonight 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:36.980 at the palace. I'm afraid she's not feeling well. 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.720 It's been a long trip. She's not a good traveler. 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:46.559 Oh, I'm sorry. Perhaps tomorrow. Yes, sir. Or 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.899 the day after. Now, be sure to convey my warmest 00:13:50.899 --> 00:13:53.740 personal regards to your lovely bride and... 00:13:53.710 --> 00:13:57.129 And let us know when she will find it convenient 00:13:57.129 --> 00:14:00.350 to honor us with her presence. Yes, yes, sir. 00:14:00.370 --> 00:14:07.169 Good day. Good today, sir. Now, what remains 00:14:07.169 --> 00:14:12.809 to be done today, Escobar? Ramon. Ah, yes. Ramon. 00:14:13.230 --> 00:14:18.190 He waits in his cell. We shall miss Ramon. He 00:14:18.190 --> 00:14:21.789 was a fine boy. He was a traitor. A criminal. 00:14:22.450 --> 00:14:25.669 Is there a family? He never spoke of anyone. 00:14:26.409 --> 00:14:29.909 Ah, these ambitious, hungry boys. They get big 00:14:29.909 --> 00:14:33.730 ideas. And soon they grow ashamed of the old 00:14:33.730 --> 00:14:37.429 peasant mama back on the farm. Where whoever 00:14:37.429 --> 00:14:41.909 she is, wherever she may be, let her believe 00:14:41.909 --> 00:14:46.210 her boy died a hero. Just say something nice 00:14:46.210 --> 00:14:55.220 on the radio, Escobar. Yes, my friends. This 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:58.340 brilliant young soldier, a hero of the Holy Revolution, 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:03.019 was one of our leader's closest companions. Patriots, 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:06.799 mourn for the man our leader called my friend 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:13.440 Ramon. Swine. I will avenge you, my little Ramon. 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:18.200 I will avenge you. Oh, Cyriaco, did you get the 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:22.649 flowers? Oh! Oh, what a beautiful bouquet! Thank 00:15:22.649 --> 00:15:28.049 you, Siriacco. Thank you. And now, dear friend, 00:15:28.450 --> 00:15:32.549 we must practice. I will stand outside the palace 00:15:32.549 --> 00:15:36.250 gate and wait for him to come. And you, pretend 00:15:36.250 --> 00:15:40.090 to be the pig. Now, now, you are leaving the 00:15:40.090 --> 00:15:45.990 palace. Start walking toward me. I call out my 00:15:45.990 --> 00:15:51.059 leader! You hear a woman's voice. You look. You 00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:55.740 see the peasant. Her face, it shines with adoration. 00:15:56.019 --> 00:15:58.519 I hold out this bouquet, and because you are 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:01.120 a depraved and evil man, the sight of sincerity 00:16:01.120 --> 00:16:04.320 must always amuse you. You step forward to receive 00:16:04.320 --> 00:16:09.919 my homage, my gift. I extend it eagerly, lovingly. 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:14.580 And as you reach out to take it, my right hand 00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:17.299 with... draws the knife from inside the flowers 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:32.039 and I step and frost. Mama Pilar has prepared 00:16:32.039 --> 00:16:36.000 many a peppery plate in her lifetime. But now 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.620 she is assembling the ingredients for the most 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:44.299 pungent dish of all. Revenge. The recipe will 00:16:44.299 --> 00:16:48.019 come to a boil when I return shortly with Act 00:16:48.019 --> 00:17:05.960 Two. Intense love, violent hate. These can be 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:10.880 two sides of the very same coin. And just as 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:15.079 a coin can be flipped, So can the human emotions. 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:19.259 Mama Pilar worshipped General Zaria, the dictator 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:23.039 of her country, until he murdered her only son. 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.579 Now she regards him as a pig to be slaughtered. 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:30.779 And with this object in mind, she approaches 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:34.900 the presidential palace. In her hand is a beautiful 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:38.259 bouquet of flowers. Hidden among the stems is 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:42.519 a knife. Clutching the bouquet, Mama Pilar addresses 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:45.960 the soldier who stands guard at the gate. Senor, 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:49.460 I beg your pardon. Can you tell me if our leader 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:51.559 will be leaving the palace today? Why do you 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:54.440 want to know? Well, I want to give him this lovely 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:57.259 bouquet of flowers. How do I know there is not 00:17:57.259 --> 00:18:01.660 a bomb hidden inside those rose buds? Oh, you 00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:04.420 better feed it. But why? It's going to get very 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:12.440 rough around here. surrounded by his personal 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:16.220 bodyguards. Nobody ever gets within 50 yards 00:18:16.220 --> 00:18:54.440 of him. You'll be okay, you just fainted. No. 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:59.359 Oh, now don't cry. Don't cry. Don't let me alone. 00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:02.220 You're pretty lucky, you know. We used to have 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:05.299 a captain of the guard. He'd give orders to kill 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:09.700 people. Don't cry. Don't cry. Why don't you just 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:17.980 go home? You must sign these death sentences, 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:21.500 my leader. How much longer must I wait for food? 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:26.180 until 2 .30. Six quarters of an hour. What can 00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:29.480 I have, eh? A carrot. A carrot. Don't let me 00:19:29.480 --> 00:19:37.319 cheat. I warn you. Don't let me cheat. Yes? It's 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:40.619 Senior Peter Willett. Admit him. Let him in. 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:45.019 Dr. Suarez, a swine. You know what he's right. 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:50.799 You must not let me cheat. Your Excellency? Sit. 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:54.759 Thank you. I have here the reports of a field... 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:57.920 Tell me, Mr. Miller, why doesn't your wife like 00:19:57.920 --> 00:20:00.819 me? Oh, sir... You may ask why should it matter 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:04.279 to me if the spouse of some... some machinery 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:07.700 peddler, which is all you really are, dislikes 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:11.740 me. But sir... I have feelings! I dislike being 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:15.279 snubbed. I am entitled to courtesy. I deserve 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:18.700 consideration. I have the right to be taken seriously 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:21.299 as a human being. Who is your wife? No, sir. 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:26.500 No, sir. But, sir, you won't do. For two weeks 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:28.880 now you have refused all my invitations. My wife 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.940 is still somewhat indisposed. May I send her 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:35.460 our own physician, a man of international repute? 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:38.980 Well, I think it's just a matter of getting, 00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:41.779 you know, used to the climate. Yeah, of course, 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:46.000 of course, of course. You must remember to give 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:51.859 her my regards. Yes, sir. I have some reports 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:56.259 here. Reports? Business? On such a glorious day? 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.420 What do you... Excellency, the time grows short. 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:02.579 Time, my dear boy, grows neither short nor long. 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:06.759 She maintains her own steady rhythm despite all 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:11.279 our futile efforts to hurry or delay her. Until 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:17.420 tomorrow. Yes, sir. And if your lovely bride 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:21.059 is sufficiently recovered... Bring her with you 00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:27.500 for cocktails. I mean tea. Good day. Good day, 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:34.900 sir. How much longer, Escobar? Exactly 37 minutes. 00:21:35.119 --> 00:21:52.190 See to it. It must be a very long... beings what 00:21:52.190 --> 00:21:56.009 an astonishing lot we are after all that has 00:21:56.009 --> 00:22:01.049 happened we meet by chance and it's hello Roberto 00:22:01.049 --> 00:22:05.210 hello Pilar we have not met by chance Roberto 00:22:05.210 --> 00:22:10.529 I have come here to talk to you oh the last time 00:22:10.529 --> 00:22:12.890 you talked to me you denounced me as an enemy 00:22:12.890 --> 00:22:17.579 of the revolution it was here right here On this 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:21.920 very street. Please, Roberto. What you did? I 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:27.460 lost my job, my property, most of my teeth. But 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:30.440 that's no matter. There's not much to eat nowadays, 00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:33.299 anyhow. Roberto. Are you going to denounce me 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:36.779 again, Pilar? You... You have every right to 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:41.900 make this difficult for me. Roberto, read this 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:50.579 letter. Read it. I don't read... from Ramon yes 00:22:50.579 --> 00:22:54.680 for the love of God Roberto read it very well 00:22:54.680 --> 00:23:02.059 pillar read and realize it is Ramon who writes 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:09.579 yes I see it is Ramon who has written and now 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:13.519 that I have read it is that all you can say what 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:18.029 is there to say I say I am going to kill the 00:23:18.029 --> 00:23:20.970 pig. Don't let me delay you. Roberto, listen, 00:23:21.269 --> 00:23:23.609 I cannot do it alone. He's surrounded by his 00:23:23.609 --> 00:23:26.849 guards, but I don't have to do it alone. I can 00:23:26.849 --> 00:23:32.009 join the resistance. Roberto, please, let me 00:23:32.009 --> 00:23:35.289 join the resistance. What have I to do with the 00:23:35.289 --> 00:23:38.589 resistance? But you need me. The resistance needs 00:23:38.589 --> 00:23:42.329 me. I am tired. I am strong. I fear nobody. And 00:23:42.329 --> 00:23:44.869 I have grown old. And I can help the resistance. 00:23:45.690 --> 00:23:50.529 Pity me, Roberto, pity me. The fighting resistance 00:23:50.529 --> 00:23:55.630 will meet tonight. Thank you, Roberto. In your 00:23:55.630 --> 00:24:00.329 cafe. In my...? Why not? It's the safest place 00:24:00.329 --> 00:24:09.990 in the city. That you, Pete? Yeah, Mark, it's 00:24:09.990 --> 00:24:13.730 me. What about dinner? Ah, we'll have to send 00:24:13.730 --> 00:24:17.960 out. Oh, I see. I'm still being punished. Well, 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:20.180 how can we be seen anywhere? I said you were 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:22.500 indisposed. Well, why'd you say that? What else 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:25.619 could I tell him? The truth. I don't care for 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:31.960 his company. Yeah. Yeah, indeed. Another cozy 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:36.019 evening at home with the Millers. P. Murch. Oh, 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:40.099 you got a call from New York. Mr. Lowry. Oh, 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:42.059 they're getting nervous. I don't have result 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:44.990 number one as yet. You just won't understand 00:24:44.990 --> 00:24:48.869 why I refuse to see that man. Marge, Marge, it's 00:24:48.869 --> 00:24:50.650 okay to have principles. As long as you don't 00:24:50.650 --> 00:24:53.650 practice them. Listen, we can really help these 00:24:53.650 --> 00:24:56.450 people. We'll drain swamps, cut down disease, 00:24:56.990 --> 00:25:00.210 raise food, create industry. Give them the strength 00:25:00.210 --> 00:25:02.710 to rise up and fight him. That's how to destroy 00:25:02.710 --> 00:25:05.589 Zarya. Well, I... Honey, I'm right. You know 00:25:05.589 --> 00:25:09.930 I'm right. Okay. Now you're finally doing the 00:25:09.930 --> 00:25:13.650 right thing. You really do believe that my only 00:25:13.650 --> 00:25:17.190 mission is to keep you happy. I'm not a human 00:25:17.190 --> 00:25:19.829 being in my own right. Oh, for crying out loud, 00:25:19.970 --> 00:25:22.369 there you go again. What do you mean, there I 00:25:22.369 --> 00:25:25.789 go again? I have no thoughts, no feelings of 00:25:25.789 --> 00:25:28.930 my own. I'm even required to give up my own honeymoon 00:25:28.930 --> 00:25:32.029 because you don't have the backbone to stand 00:25:32.029 --> 00:25:34.490 up to a two -bit would -be Hitler who needs your 00:25:34.490 --> 00:25:36.309 machinery more than you need his business. I 00:25:36.309 --> 00:25:40.619 didn't say I wouldn't. Where are you going? in 00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:50.220 this ball. Roberto, will it be all right if I 00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:53.539 say a few words? Yes. I will tell everyone who 00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:57.700 comes here tonight, never despair, never give 00:25:57.700 --> 00:26:01.720 up. Can I say this at the meeting? Of course. 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:05.279 You told everyone about the meeting to come here? 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:10.730 Yes. Good. When will the meeting begin? Now. 00:26:11.849 --> 00:26:15.450 I call the meeting to order. Who wishes the floor? 00:26:15.650 --> 00:26:20.690 But where is everyone? Here. You lied to me. 00:26:20.910 --> 00:26:24.390 You didn't tell the others. I couldn't tell the 00:26:24.390 --> 00:26:30.150 others. They are dead. But you said the resistance 00:26:30.150 --> 00:26:33.529 would meet tonight. The only organized resistance 00:26:33.529 --> 00:26:37.609 to Eduardo Guillermo Carlos Vicente Zoria, known 00:26:37.609 --> 00:26:42.670 as the Pig, is assembled in this room. My precious 00:26:42.670 --> 00:26:46.170 Pilar, the strong and the quick are now the weak 00:26:46.170 --> 00:26:49.910 and the dead. You stood by while that obscene 00:26:49.910 --> 00:26:53.269 swine destroyed the resistance. Now you call 00:26:53.269 --> 00:26:58.930 on it to avenge your son. Our son? I would have 00:26:58.930 --> 00:27:02.690 acknowledged him. I would have married you. What 00:27:02.690 --> 00:27:05.289 kind of man marries a woman out of pity? What 00:27:05.289 --> 00:27:10.009 kind of woman denounces a man out of hate? Is 00:27:10.009 --> 00:27:15.970 there any new business? Any proposals? I propose 00:27:15.970 --> 00:27:19.869 we kill the pig. There has already been violence 00:27:19.869 --> 00:27:25.630 enough. Other resolutions? None? Unless the chair 00:27:25.630 --> 00:27:28.730 hears to the contrary this meeting stands adjourned. 00:27:30.190 --> 00:27:36.289 Good night, Pilar. Good night, Roberto. Good 00:27:36.289 --> 00:27:47.769 night, Siriaco. Remember, Siriaco, the little 00:27:47.769 --> 00:27:52.950 American girl who read me the letter? He looks 00:27:52.950 --> 00:27:58.809 like a fig, she said. Just like that. A skinny 00:27:58.809 --> 00:28:03.150 little girl. looks at his picture and says, pig. 00:28:05.289 --> 00:28:08.690 You know what makes her so wise, Siriaco? She 00:28:08.690 --> 00:28:13.529 thinks. There you have it. She and Roberto, thinkers. 00:28:14.309 --> 00:28:18.690 They would say, we have a problem. What is the 00:28:18.690 --> 00:28:24.490 most effective way to kill a pig? But what do 00:28:24.490 --> 00:28:27.150 they know about killing pigs? They are thinkers, 00:28:27.529 --> 00:28:30.759 philosophers, aristocrats. Oh no, I know how 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:35.539 to kill a pig. Tell me, Sriyako, tell me. Do 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:44.220 I know how to kill a pig? There are probably 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:48.440 many ways to kill a pig. But all of them have 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:53.079 one basic requirement for success. It is necessary 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:58.700 first to have your pig firmly in hand. Till now, 00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:02.099 this has been Mama Pilar's fundamental problem. 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:07.000 However, we can depend on her to solve it when 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:21.980 we return shortly with Act 3. Marge Miller is 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:24.980 a young newlywed who is having the first fight 00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:29.009 of her marriage. and permit us to say, it's a 00:29:29.009 --> 00:29:34.049 beaut. The reason may sound familiar. She refuses 00:29:34.049 --> 00:29:38.329 to socialize with her husband's client. It acquires 00:29:38.329 --> 00:29:41.549 deeper dimension when we consider that the client 00:29:41.549 --> 00:29:45.369 also happens to be the absolute dictator of a 00:29:45.369 --> 00:29:49.089 small nation. However, here comes Mama Pilar 00:29:49.089 --> 00:29:53.589 with her own score to settle. And does she bring 00:29:53.589 --> 00:29:58.640 salvation? or disaster. No, no, I'm sorry, Pilar. 00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:01.000 It's out of the question. Why does the senora 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:03.859 insist I wish to kill somebody? It's not just 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:09.420 somebody. Zoria. Me? Kill my leader? Why else 00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:12.500 would you want to prepare a dinner for him? Senora, 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:16.240 I am growing old. Running a restaurant is too 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:19.420 much for me. I'm looking for a job, and your 00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:22.339 husband's work, Signora, requires you to entertain. 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:25.920 You need a good cook. No, no, we don't entertain 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:27.660 at all. Oh, but you should, Signora, you should! 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:31.200 And don't you shout that. Besides, if I let you 00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:34.859 cook a meal for old Zoria, you'll bury a knife 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:37.720 in him the minute he walks in. I will not! On 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:40.200 my word of honor! Well, you'd spike his soup 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:43.039 with arsenic. I will not! On my word of honor, 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:45.920 I will do nothing to... I'd believe you, but 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:49.640 Pete would never buy it. Why not? Why not? Well, 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:52.819 let's just say he's very nervous and upset right 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:57.779 now. Ah, then you have a problem. Such a man 00:30:57.779 --> 00:31:02.799 is no good to a woman. We must relax him, restore 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:08.240 his desire for romance. Amen. Now suppose, just 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:12.529 suppose you said to your husband, Invite the 00:31:12.529 --> 00:31:15.369 leader here for dinner. You're trying to sneak 00:31:15.369 --> 00:31:19.450 up on me? I said, just suppose. Well, what would 00:31:19.450 --> 00:31:24.430 he do? I guess he'd flap. That must mean something 00:31:24.430 --> 00:31:27.869 good, eh? No, there is no need to tell him I 00:31:27.869 --> 00:31:31.990 will cook the dinner until, well, until everyone 00:31:31.990 --> 00:31:35.150 arrives. And then it will be too late for him 00:31:35.150 --> 00:31:40.670 to object. How simple it is. Simple and deceitful. 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:45.619 Why do you want to prepare a meal for Zoya? I 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:49.759 have my reason. Sure. I want to help my husband 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:53.220 do his job. But I can't very well have his client 00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:56.480 killed at my dining room table. Senora, this 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:58.920 dinner will resurrect your marriage. Makes you 00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:02.579 think that my marriage needs to be... When a 00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:06.039 bride sits alone all afternoon, emptying glasses, 00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:12.759 filling ashtrays... Oh, no, no, no, little one, 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:17.559 don't cry. I promise you, this dinner will bring 00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:20.960 you both joy and happiness. It will restore your 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:25.160 love, revive your honeymoon. But you promise, 00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:30.500 word of honor, you won't kill him here. My word 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:42.700 of honor, I won't kill him anywhere. Mr. Miller, 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:46.420 now I understand. If my wife were as charming 00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:50.380 as yours, I would also keep her hidden. Oh, thank 00:32:50.380 --> 00:32:52.519 you, Your Excellency. Well, we want you to share 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:55.480 an important event with us. This is to be Marge's 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:58.359 first home -cooked meal. Oh, now dear, I didn't 00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:01.720 say I would cook the dinner myself. I hired some 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:06.339 help. We even have music. Ciddiaco, play for 00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:12.880 us, please. Your Excellency, your eating schedule. 00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:18.160 Oh, yes. Yes, Escobar. Thank you. My dearest 00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:21.160 Mrs. Miller, someone to cook. Oh, certainly. 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:26.059 Billard! George, what are you doing? Relax. No 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:30.880 matter what happens, remember, I love you. Your 00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:35.220 Excellency. Your name is Billard? Yes, my leader. 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:38.819 You are not from this city. I would know their 00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:40.960 hill country accent anywhere. Now, don't tell 00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:45.880 me. Where is San Jorge? I was born there, my 00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:49.579 leader. That's the real country. Those are the 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:54.279 real people. Now, my good Pilar, prepare for 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:59.039 me. Two boiled eggs, three minutes. You tell 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.099 the time? Yes, my leader. Three minutes, no more, 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:06.700 no less. Tea with one teaspoon of skim milk. 00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:12.719 Toast one dry slice thing. But Your Excellency, 00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:16.619 we... I am on the strictest diet, my dear. Oh, 00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:19.179 forgive me. Please, forgive me. I didn't know. 00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:23.840 Pilar, you'll serve all of us. Eggs, tea, and 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:28.940 toast. I forbid it! Not that you are so sweet, 00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:32.800 sympathetic, sensitive, my dear, but I must forbid 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:36.429 it. Pilar, you will serve your master, mistress, 00:34:36.730 --> 00:34:40.769 and Captain Escobar the prepared meal. Yes, my 00:34:40.769 --> 00:34:43.130 leader. It's your excellency. We have no right 00:34:43.130 --> 00:34:44.409 to enjoy something like... This is something 00:34:44.409 --> 00:34:48.309 I must learn to live with. It's for the best. 00:34:48.369 --> 00:34:53.570 What is food? Merely a fuel. With me, it was 00:34:53.570 --> 00:35:00.230 once a passion. Now that passion is spent, it 00:35:00.230 --> 00:35:04.679 is burned out completely. May I serve now, senora? 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:11.239 Will you? Yes, I suppose so. Your true passion's 00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:14.239 stuck, that one. Where on earth did you find 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:17.019 her? Oh, sir, you must never ask a lady where 00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:19.719 she finds her help. These must remain a little 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:28.219 secret. Oh! Oh, smell that! Oh! Smell that! I 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:32.119 have not seen beef... marinated San Jorge style 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:37.539 in years. Oh, Pilar, you are a genius. Thank 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:41.980 you, my leader. I don't know if I'm hungry. Are 00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:45.079 you hungry? But we have no right to enjoy gourmet 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:47.760 cooking while you are... My dear, my dear, this 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:52.559 is not gourmet cooking. This is hill country 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:57.659 cooking. I was weaned on it that... Let me tell 00:35:57.659 --> 00:36:02.559 you how that divine fragrance and flavor is achieved. 00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:05.920 The meat is first soaked in specially spiced 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:11.079 wine, then marinated in a special spice and garlic 00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:15.460 sauce. The exact recipe is a secret handed down 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:17.980 from mother to daughter. But Your Excellency, 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:20.260 we have no right to do this to you. We should 00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:23.519 send it back to the kitchen. No. No, I curb my 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:29.130 passions. Enjoy and enjoy yourselves. I command 00:36:29.130 --> 00:36:36.710 you to enjoy yourselves. My leader, your eggs, 00:36:37.230 --> 00:36:41.909 tea, and toast. Thank you, my dear Pilar. Thank 00:36:41.909 --> 00:36:48.510 you. There you are. See? You'll see how quickly 00:36:48.510 --> 00:36:53.309 I have fueled my engine. Every dozen bites, a 00:36:53.309 --> 00:36:59.550 couple of swallows. And I am done. You have scarcely 00:36:59.550 --> 00:37:03.889 begun. You will fritter away your lives at the 00:37:03.889 --> 00:37:07.630 table, whereas I shall have endless hours free 00:37:07.630 --> 00:37:13.449 for work, for study, and for... and for... Oh, 00:37:13.469 --> 00:37:18.030 well. Oh, well, I don't see how just perhaps 00:37:18.030 --> 00:37:23.789 the tiniest piece of that meat could do me any 00:37:23.789 --> 00:37:28.150 real harm. Yes, my leader. Let go of her arm, 00:37:28.329 --> 00:37:30.750 Escovar. My leader, I am only doing my duty. 00:37:31.010 --> 00:37:33.449 You deserve a decoration. Make note of it. Now, 00:37:33.449 --> 00:37:38.429 Pilar, that piece that... And then that one. 00:37:39.409 --> 00:37:49.389 Oh, fine, fine. Splendid. Oh, this is every bit 00:37:49.389 --> 00:37:53.429 the way I remember. Oh, this is the pulls of 00:37:53.429 --> 00:38:00.360 the guns. My leader? Special, spiced wine is 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:03.760 always served with this. Oh, I have it here, 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:10.800 my leader. Yes, yes, ay! This is... Oh, good 00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:14.820 night. I'm renewing myself. More meat, Pilar. 00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:18.760 Where did he put it, Pete? Where? I don't know. 00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:22.340 Your Excellency, your diet! You shouldn't eat 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:27.360 this much in a week! Hey, hey, mom! My glass 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:31.760 is empty. My plate's empty. Oh, this is heavenly. 00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:35.460 Where has the shining light been hidden? Pilar, 00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:41.920 more meat, more of everything. You work for these 00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:45.599 good people, Pilar. Yes, my leader. When they 00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:48.239 go home. Oh, well, I must find another place 00:38:48.239 --> 00:39:08.809 to cook. No. Your doctor lies. What have you 00:39:08.809 --> 00:39:12.829 said? Oh, please, my leader, admit no harm. All 00:39:12.829 --> 00:39:15.809 my life I have prepared food. It never hurt anyone. 00:39:16.690 --> 00:39:21.329 How can a doctor blame food? Yes, my country 00:39:21.329 --> 00:39:24.829 man. All the men in my family, my father, my 00:39:24.829 --> 00:39:27.130 brothers, my son, they always ate what I cooked. 00:39:27.389 --> 00:39:31.670 Not one was ever sick. My leader, this is food. 00:39:32.110 --> 00:39:39.340 This is life. It was so good. ever heard of doctors 00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:42.719 at the hill country my father died at 95 my father 00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.460 was drowned in a disease he was trying to swim 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:48.059 the San Jorge River to visit the most beautiful 00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:52.739 widow in the province mr. Miller mrs. Miller 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:55.900 yes sir you have made me aware of something I 00:39:55.900 --> 00:40:00.260 seem to have forgotten my roots I lost them but 00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:04.820 I find them here just in time yes yes I shall 00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:08.559 be nourished by the food of my peasant ancestors. 00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:13.579 Escobar, dismiss that quack, Dr. Suarez. But, 00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:16.619 Your Excellency... Mr. Miller, why have you come 00:40:16.619 --> 00:40:19.199 to this country? To make your fortune, eh? Well, 00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:23.280 your fortune is made. Create, build, construct, 00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:26.099 send me engineers, teachers, technicians, designers. 00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:28.559 Have the necessary papers ready for signature 00:40:28.559 --> 00:40:32.139 in the morning. Sure, Your Excellency. See? You 00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:36.079 are successful beyond your wildest dreams. Your 00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:40.440 Excellency, think me by giving me this woman, 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:44.500 Pilar. Would you like to live in the palace? 00:40:45.719 --> 00:40:49.719 My leader, what does a peasant woman know of 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:52.800 the palace? The kitchen. You shall rule over 00:40:52.800 --> 00:41:00.019 the kitchen. I? Me? To cook for my leader? I 00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:03.639 am only a plain peasant woman. So I? It was a 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:07.519 plot. A plot, Excellency? A clever plan to kill 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:14.059 me. How? They would starve me to death. Pilar, 00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:20.119 is there more meat? Oh, yes, my leader. Of course, 00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:24.119 I have learned a lesson, even from my enemies. 00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:30.420 Moderation. I shall enjoy good food, but in moderation. 00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:34.800 And what does my leader desire for his breakfast? 00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:40.599 Do I solicit your advice on the training of groups, 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:45.840 the administration of justice? Do not consult 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:51.780 me. Prepare what you choose. Is there dessert? 00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:54.860 Of course, my leader. I'll go and help Pilar 00:41:54.860 --> 00:42:00.619 serve. Pilar, see? I gave you my word of honor. 00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:03.500 But you are going to kill him. You see that man. 00:42:03.659 --> 00:42:06.469 He can't help himself. Neither can a pig. It's 00:42:06.469 --> 00:42:08.389 the nature of the animal, but peel her. Look 00:42:08.389 --> 00:42:13.250 at him. A knife, a bullet, a few grains of poison. 00:42:13.750 --> 00:42:18.030 Much too swift, much too merciful. Oh, this is 00:42:18.030 --> 00:42:22.289 better. I have seen swines stuffed like him. 00:42:23.090 --> 00:42:29.590 They die slowly, badly, in agony. Much better. 00:42:30.409 --> 00:42:34.369 Oh, be happy, señora. I have kept my word. And 00:42:34.369 --> 00:42:37.570 you have won your husband again. Pilar, the dessert. 00:42:38.269 --> 00:42:41.969 Time once again to stop the pig. Coming, my leader. 00:42:42.789 --> 00:42:47.969 We have a simple sweet. A simple sweet? Yes, 00:42:48.010 --> 00:42:50.989 señor. We call it the Mountain of San Jorge. 00:42:51.869 --> 00:42:56.269 Whipped cream, ice cream, chocolate, preserves, 00:42:56.769 --> 00:43:03.349 nuts, fruit. Pilar, Pilar. Dear good friends, 00:43:03.530 --> 00:43:07.050 you... You have renewed my life! Your plate, 00:43:07.809 --> 00:43:13.230 my leader. Escobar! Have Dr. Soiree shocked at 00:43:13.230 --> 00:43:15.909 once? There is plenty more in the kitchen, my 00:43:15.909 --> 00:43:19.150 leader. I can hardly wait for breakfast. What 00:43:19.150 --> 00:43:22.269 shall we have, Belar? Oh, you said for me to 00:43:22.269 --> 00:43:26.210 surprise you. You will serve me always, Belar. 00:43:26.769 --> 00:43:30.510 Say, say you do. You will serve me always. You 00:43:30.510 --> 00:43:44.139 are my leader. I will serve... as some people 00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:48.300 might say what a way to go but this is something 00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:52.079 the mama till ours of the world understand if 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:55.860 you can't get to a man's heart with a knife another 00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:59.300 way and a better way is to get there through 00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:17.630 his stomach I shall return shortly The pen is 00:44:17.630 --> 00:44:21.030 mightier than the sword. This sentiment was written 00:44:21.030 --> 00:44:24.969 by a man and can be dismissed as male chauvinist 00:44:24.969 --> 00:44:29.829 propaganda. What every woman knows is that mightier 00:44:29.829 --> 00:44:32.989 than the pen or the sword is the knife and the 00:44:32.989 --> 00:44:37.130 fork. If you don't believe it, just ask Mama 00:44:37.130 --> 00:44:41.469 Gilar. Our cast included Bryna Rayburn, Marion 00:44:41.469 --> 00:44:44.949 Seldas, Jack Grimes, Leon Jani, and Gil Mack. 00:44:45.289 --> 00:44:47.610 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:47.610 --> 00:44:51.789 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:44:51.789 --> 00:44:54.909 you to return to our Mystery Theater for another 00:44:54.909 --> 00:45:01.170 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:45:01.170 --> 00:45:02.289 dreams.