MEET ME ON THE BARRICADES
ASCASO and SIMPSON ignore him in embarrassed silence; only DARRELL
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Listlessly
'why not?
THE DRUNK
Editorially
Human nature, tha’s why! He winks significantly, nods em- phatically and shoves ofl’ towards his own table at which are seated two blowsy females who greet him quer-
ulously DARRELL What was I saying? ASCASO
Looking at his watch The flattery of Stalin in Russia. DARRELL Draining his glass Yes, of course. The same sort of thing is true of American Stalinists. Every Avdeyenko has his American counterpart. For example take . . . He mentions names
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