Dangerously Yours 44-07-09 02 The Pirate Of Orleans

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Dangerously Yours – The Pirate of Orleans"

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio

Host: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Dangerously Yours 44-07-09 02 The Pirate Of Orleans

Date: January 20, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode features a dramatized retelling of "The Pirate of Orleans," originally aired in July 1944 as part of the "Dangerously Yours" radio series. The story delves into the legendary exploits of Jean Lafitte, the infamous pirate of Barataria, blending swashbuckling adventure with romance against the backdrop of New Orleans on the edge of war. Rich with spirited banter, romantic tension, and the clash between freedom and domesticity, the episode typifies Golden Age Radio's flair for vivid storytelling.

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Main Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

Introduction: The Spirit of Adventure

• Narrator’s Opening Monologue (00:43)
  • The show opens with a poetic narration personifying "Adventure," inviting listeners to traverse new frontiers, both literal and emotional.
  • Sets the stage for a journey aboard a pirate ship with Jean Lafitte, introducing him as a figure equally feared, admired, and surrounded by rumors.
    • Quote: "I am Adventure...I have tramped the jungles with explorers...I am the fire that burns in the heart of youth..." (00:43)

Jean Lafitte’s Mystique and Reputation

• Gossip and Speculation (01:27–02:25)
  • Characters exchange tales and rumors about Jean Lafitte’s exploits and romantic entanglements.
  • Constance Winthrop is introduced and established as intrigued by Lafitte.
• Witty Introduction (02:14–02:25)
  • Lafitte playfully dodges questions about his true identity and occupation, furthering his legend as an enigmatic outlaw.

The Pirate Code and Morality

• Capturing a Prize Ship (02:54–04:30)
  • Lafitte’s gang boards a ship, and Lafitte asserts his authority, particularly regarding the treatment of women.
    • Memorable Command: "Under no circumstances is any woman on any captured ship to be approached for any reason whatsoever. Unless by the captain... unless it is necessary in removing them..." (04:02)

The Fiery Romance: Lafitte and Constance Winthrop

• Initial Confrontation and Banter (04:52–05:55)
  • Constance meets Lafitte as a ‘captive’, challenging his authority and pride.
  • Their repartee is electric; she’s unafraid to challenge him, and he responds with arrogant charm.
    • Quote:
      • Constance: "You... You do that to a woman?"
      • Lafitte: "Yes, if I thought she was trying to be on equal footing in a man's world." (05:28-05:31)
    • Quote:
      • Constance: "You're impossible. You're a conceited, egotistical, arrogant, self-centered—"
      • Lafitte (interrupting): "Handsome, magnificent, exciting, fabulous pirate." (05:38–05:43)
• A Moment of Softening (06:23–07:57)
  • On the moonlit deck, Constance and Lafitte’s relationship becomes more personal, hinting at deeper feelings beneath their quarrelsome surface.
    • Quote:
      • Constance: "Perhaps I'd like to stay in it [your world]." (06:51)
      • Lafitte: "That’s because it’s a moon tonight and the air is sweet... Some other day when the decks were running blood and the air was heavy with the smell of death, you wouldn’t like a pirate ship." (06:59–07:12)
    • Quote: Constance: "Would you kiss me goodnight and goodbye? Or are you afraid?" (07:32)

Escalation: The Threat to Lafitte

• Governor’s Crusade and Lafitte’s Dual Identity (09:09–11:01)
  • While Lafitte enjoys double life as a pirate and upstanding citizen, Governor Claiborne vows to expose and hang the pirate leader.
  • Through clever dialogue, Lafitte maneuvers through political and social dangers, masking his true identity.

Constance’s Loyalty and Farewell

• Emotional Confessions (12:05–13:34)
  • In a touching scene, Lafitte admits his notorious reputation is exaggerated, and they share an emotionally charged goodbye.
    • Quote:
      • Lafitte: "Once I told you I'd kissed a thousand women. It was a lie, I know. I've only kissed two or three hundred. Now, how many men have you kissed?" (12:05)
    • Farewell: Constance insists she will forget him, but both know the mark is indelible.
      • Lafitte: "You’ll see me when...you see a ship at anchor with a battered look to her...and you’ll see me every time someone else kisses you." (12:57)

The Anglo-American Tension: Lafitte’s Dilemma

• British Bribery and Constance’s Plea (15:21–16:57)
  • The British offer Lafitte money and a pardon to help capture New Orleans; Constance urges Lafitte to defend the city instead.
    • Quote:
      • British Officer: "Mr. Lafitte, the British government is prepared to offer you the sum of $30,000 in return for your help in capturing the city of New Orleans..." (15:21)
    • Quote:
      • Constance: "And I want New Orleans safe. And I want you safe in New Orleans." (16:19)
• Choosing Sides (16:57–18:05)
  • Lafitte meets with General Andrew Jackson, pledges loyalty to America in exchange for a pardon, and is ultimately shown as a hero.
    • Quote:
      • Jackson: "America and New Orleans will always be grateful. If it hadn't been for your help and the help of your men, we'd never have won such a great victory." (17:04–18:05)

Epilogue: Restless Spirits

• Tall Tales and Banter (18:24–20:18)

  • Lafitte regales the crowd with impossibly grand stories—defeating armies, outswimming sharks—adding to his legend in a lighter tone.
    • Quote:
      • Lafitte: "One knife in my teeth, and one in each hand, and dove in. I came face to face immediately with six sharks." (18:54)
      • Constance: "What happened?"
      • Lafitte (deadpan): "They ate me." (19:12)

• A Final Farewell – Freedom vs. Domesticity (20:26–22:59)

  • Lafitte and Constance, though clearly in love, realize that their dreams differ. Constance craves home and stability, Lafitte the sea and adventure.
    • Quote:
      • Lafitte: "I couldn't live the life of an honest man. I've had no practice. Do you want to domesticate me like a cow or a dog?" (21:38)
    • Quote:
      • Constance: "You haven't got a heart where your heart should be. You've got a cutlass." (22:32)

• Closing: Off to New Adventure (23:19–24:49)

  • Lafitte, with the ever-loyal Dominic, sails off—choosing adventure over love’s comforts. However, Constance sneaks aboard, determined to share in his adventures, and the two reconcile, blending love with their thirst for life’s grandeur.

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Notable Quotes and Moments with Timestamps

• The Essence of Adventure (00:43)
  • Narrator: "I am Adventure... I am dangerously yours."
• Lafitte’s Pirate Code (04:02)
  • Jean Lafitte: "Under no circumstances is any woman on any captured ship to be approached for any reason whatsoever... unless by the captain..."
• Sass and Tension (05:38–05:43)
  • Constance: "You're impossible. You're a conceited, egotistical, arrogant, self-centered—"
  • Lafitte: "Handsome, magnificent, exciting, fabulous pirate."
• Moonlit Vulnerability (06:51)
  • Constance: "Perhaps I'd like to stay in it [your world]."
• Epic Boasts (18:54–19:12)
  • Lafitte: "So I put one knife in my teeth and one in each hand and dove in. I came face to face immediately with six sharks."
  • Constance: "What happened?"
  • Lafitte: "They ate me."
• Home vs. The Sea (21:25–21:32)
  • Constance: "You see the ends of the world. I smell it and see home."
  • Lafitte: "That’s the difference between us."
• Humorous Resignation (22:32)
  • Constance: "You haven't got a heart where your heart should be. You've got a cutlass."
• Final Departure (23:19–23:59)
  • Jean Lafitte: "We're running away from domesticity... We're going back into a man's world."
• Constance Sneaks Aboard (24:01–24:57)
  • Constance: [sneaking onto the ship] "I h for curtains and windows."
  • Lafitte: [begrudgingly, affectionately] "You're going right back to New Orleans."
  • Constance: "No, I'm not. I'm... going to China and India..."

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Episode Flow and Tone

The episode is marked by spirited banter, lavish romantic tension, and larger-than-life exploits. Lafitte’s arrogance is countered by Constance’s wit, providing both humor and depth. The ultimate choice between freedom and love is portrayed with both warmth and melancholy, capturing the heart of classic adventure radio. The language is vivid, with sweeping declarations, quick repartee, and a blend of bravado and sensitivity that defines both leading characters.

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Conclusion

"The Pirate of Orleans" infuses historic adventure with wit and romance, using radio drama’s atmospheric power to bring Jean Lafitte’s legend to life. At its core, the episode explores the pull between untamed adventure and domestic comfort, all while delivering memorable lines and playful subversions of pirate folklore. The final scenes suggest that, while true pirates may never be tamed, even the wildest hearts hunger for connection.

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Transcript

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Dangerously yours.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Jean Lafitte]

I am Adventure. In my name, men have traversed the highways, the byways, the skyways of the world. I have tramped the jungles with explorers. I have crossed the wilderness frontiers on horseback and uncovered wagons. I am the fire that burns in the heart of youth. That makes men dream and dare and conquer. I am Dangerously yours. Come with me today to the high seas of adventure. Walk the decks of a tall masted ship. With one of the boldest swashbuckling adventurers that ever sailed. The Pirate of Orans.

[Constance Winthrop]

Have you met John Lafitte yet? No, I can't say that I have. Well, my dear, he's the most handsome thing you ever saw in your life. Is he married? No one knows. But there are all sorts of stories. I've heard that he's married to an Indian princess, a Spanish countess and a Viennese dancer. What does Mr. Lafitte say to all this? What does Mr. Lafitte say?

[Jean Lafitte]

I have it on very good authority that Jean Lafitte stopped an entire revolution once. One man against thousands. On whose authority do you have it? Lafitte's, of course.

[Constance Winthrop]

What do you know about Lafitte?

[Jean Lafitte]

Tom Lafitte? Well, he and his brother have a very fine blacksmith shop.

[Narrator/Announcer]

They just bought a store. And he's a gentleman.

[Jean Lafitte]

Why?

[Constance Winthrop]

Well, I've heard that he's the leader of the pirates of Barataria.

[Jean Lafitte]

Oh, nonsense.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Whatever Jean Lafitte is, he's positively not a pirate.

[Jean Lafitte]

Feet. Hold your fire a minute. Hey, boss, there's a white flag going up. Are you sure? Take a look for yourself. All right, hold your fire. Hold your fire. Hold fire. Robertson. Peters. Benson. Dominic. You lower a boat and cometh me. Pete, get in as close as you can. I'll remove the crew and the passengers and take the ship back to Barracaria. That's too fine a ship to destroy. Come on. Men, let's see what prize we've captured. Look at this hole, Dominic. You look at those silks and those spices. We'll get good money for this treasure in New Orleans. There was a very pretty girl. Did you notice, boss? Way over at the starboard, she was standing. Her hair was like sunshine on a yellow cone. Dominic, what are my orders about women on captured ships? But could we make an exception just once?

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'd like that girl with yellow hair.

[Jean Lafitte]

I'd even marry her. Car me such a beauty. What are my orders, Dominic? Under no circumstances is any woman on any captured ship to be approached for any reason whatsoever. Conversely, without touched, unless. Unless by the captain. Unless by the captain. Unless it is necessary in removing them from one ship to another or from ship to land. See that you remember it. You wouldn't look well in irons, Dominic. You. No, I would not. All right, you start lifting the things down here while I go above. We're setting sail at once.

[Constance Winthrop]

Well, Mr. Parrot, if it's not asking too much, would you mind telling me where you're taking us?

[Jean Lafitte]

Where were you bound?

[Constance Winthrop]

New Orleans.

[Jean Lafitte]

And that is where you will be taken. Who are you? What's your name?

[Constance Winthrop]

Constance Winthrop.

[Jean Lafitte]

Constance Winthrop. Is your father General Winthrop?

[Constance Winthrop]

Yes.

[Jean Lafitte]

Then what are you doing on a Spanish ship?

[Constance Winthrop]

I was visiting friends in Spain, if it's any of your business. Ah.

[Jean Lafitte]

You should be more careful with your tongue in the presence of pirates, Ms. Winfrey.

[Constance Winthrop]

I'm not afraid of you.

[Jean Lafitte]

You'd better be. I'm just as like as not to make you walk the plank, tie you to the yardum, or give you the spanking of your life.

[Constance Winthrop]

You. You do that to a woman?

[Jean Lafitte]

Yes. If I thought she was trying to be on equal footing in a man's world.

[Constance Winthrop]

You have a little to learn about women, pirate.

[Jean Lafitte]

I'm not interested being taught. Ms. Winford, you're impossible.

[Constance Winthrop]

You're a conceited, egotistical, arrogant. So said it.

[Jean Lafitte]

Handsome, magnificent, exciting, fabulous pirate. Now, you better go back to your cabin before I make you walk the plank tire to the yard armor. What was that other thing I mentioned, Ms. Winford?

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, I load you. Oh, pirate. Where is that music coming from?

[Jean Lafitte]

That's Dominic Yu playing his fiddle. You'd better stay in your quarters.

[Constance Winthrop]

No. Let me look at the moon for a moment and taste the salt on my lips and feel the wind around me. I. I'm sorry I was so rude this afternoon. I lost my temper.

[Jean Lafitte]

It doesn't matter. Women are as changeable as the weather. I don't pay Any attention to their moves.

[Constance Winthrop]

I wish you liked me better.

[Jean Lafitte]

Why should you care what I think of you? In the morning you'll be in New Orleans and you will have left my world.

[Constance Winthrop]

Perhaps I'd like to stay in it.

[Jean Lafitte]

You'd like to stay on a pirate ship?

[Constance Winthrop]

I think I would. If it were your sheep.

[Jean Lafitte]

Ah, that's because as a mooned night the air is sweet and someone's playing a fiddle. Some other day when the decks were running blood and the air was heavy with the smell of death, you wouldn't like a pirate ship.

[Constance Winthrop]

What's your name?

[Jean Lafitte]

I have no name.

[Constance Winthrop]

You're a hard man to get to know.

[Jean Lafitte]

That's right.

[Constance Winthrop]

And after tomorrow, I'll never see you again.

[Jean Lafitte]

I hope not. You'd put a rope around my neck. Well, the air's getting cold. You'd better turn in.

[Constance Winthrop]

Have you ever kissed a woman, pirate?

[Jean Lafitte]

A thousand.

[Constance Winthrop]

Would you kiss me good night and goodbye? Or are you afraid?

[Jean Lafitte]

Afraid? Oh, no. But you should be.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Why?

[Jean Lafitte]

Because to me you'd be just another woman that I had kissed. Next week I wouldn't even remember it. But if I kissed you. If I kissed you, you'd never have hotter lips for another man in your life.

[Constance Winthrop]

You're a modest man, aren't you?

[Jean Lafitte]

Modest?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Me?

[Jean Lafitte]

I should say not. Why should I be modest? I'm a conqueror and a pirate.

[Constance Winthrop]

Well, good night, conqueror. I hope I never do see you again. The temptation to put a rope around that neck might be too great. Good night.

[Jean Lafitte]

Good night, my beauty. Good night.

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[Jean Lafitte]

Are you awake? Yes, Dominic, what is it? We're at anchor now. We're ready to take the passengers into New Orleans. Are you coming up to see them? No. The signorina looks as though she had been crying. I would kiss her myself if it would do any good. Aren't you even going to say goodbye? No. Take them in. All right, boys.

[Governor Claiborne]

All right.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Hello.

[Jean Lafitte]

Hello, Pierre. We made quite a haul this trip.

[Narrator/Announcer]

We won't be able to dispose of it for a while. I'm afraid we're in a little trouble, my brother.

[Jean Lafitte]

Why? What's happened?

[Narrator/Announcer]

Governor Claiborne has sworn to stop all privateering.

[Jean Lafitte]

He says he's going to wipe out.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Barataria if it's the last thing he does in this world. And he says he's going to hang the leader before all of New Orleans.

[Jean Lafitte]

Has he named the leader? No. Well, then, what are you worried about? In the eyes of New Orleans, we're respected citizens, decent and peace loving.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Maybe, maybe not. People have always had suspicions.

[Jean Lafitte]

Well, let's not worry about it. I'll have a bath and a shave. And then I'll go pay a social call on Governor Claiborne. Perhaps for tea. I haven't had tea with the governor for a long time now. Too long for such friends to be apart.

[Governor Claiborne]

I tell you, John, I'm going to rid New Orleans of those pirates if it's the last thing I do.

[Jean Lafitte]

I don't blame you. I don't blame you. Blame you? Why, it's gotten so no one's safe around here anymore.

[Governor Claiborne]

I may call on you for help.

[Jean Lafitte]

I'll be glad to help in any way I can.

[Constance Winthrop]

Also, dear, have you seen my mizzen?

[Governor Claiborne]

Hello, Constance, my dear. I'd like you to meet a very good friend of mine, Mr. Jean Lafitte. My niece, Ms. Winthrop. Mr. Lafitte. She's staying with me until her father returns.

[Constance Winthrop]

This is a pleasure, Mr. Lafitte.

[Jean Lafitte]

Very great pleasure, Miss Winthrop. I'm afraid I must beg to be excused. I must look into the shop before it closes.

[Constance Winthrop]

Well, then I'm very happy to have met you, Mr. Lafitte. And I trust we will meet again soon.

[Jean Lafitte]

Thank you, Ms. Winthrop. Good day. Good day, Governor. Come again soon.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Jean.

[Constance Winthrop]

That'S a very handsome man.

[Governor Claiborne]

Uncle, that's a very dangerous man. I'm convinced he's the leader of the privateers.

[Constance Winthrop]

He doesn't look very dangerous to me. Are you positive?

[Governor Claiborne]

I'm so positive I'm going to put a price on his head and send my men after him tonight.

[Jean Lafitte]

Come in. Come in, Miss Winthrop. Sit down. You'll find that corner chair the most comfortable.

[Constance Winthrop]

Thank you.

[Jean Lafitte]

Would you care for a sherry?

[Constance Winthrop]

Thank you, no. Your manners have improved since we last met.

[Jean Lafitte]

I changed with the environment. Why did you come here?

[Constance Winthrop]

My uncle knows who you are.

[Jean Lafitte]

You told him?

[Constance Winthrop]

No. I don't know how he found out.

[Jean Lafitte]

If that's true, if it's true that he knows, why did he. Why didn't he keep me this afternoon?

[Constance Winthrop]

What match would he have been for you? He was alone in the house tonight. He will come with troops. He doesn't think that you suspect that he knows. So naturally he wouldn't expect you to try to escape.

[Jean Lafitte]

Well, then I must be on my way. There are some men to be warned.

[Constance Winthrop]

Hurry then. And take care of yourself. I suppose this time I never will see you again.

[Jean Lafitte]

Constance.

[Constance Winthrop]

Yes?

[Jean Lafitte]

Once I told you I'd kissed a thousand women. It was a lie, I know. I've only kissed 2 or 300 now. How many men have you kissed?

[Constance Winthrop]

Very few.

[Jean Lafitte]

But you offered me a kiss. Why?

[Constance Winthrop]

Such a foolish reason, I'm afraid I just wanted to kiss you.

[Jean Lafitte]

Will you kiss me now?

[Constance Winthrop]

No. Not after the way you acted. I was never so humiliated.

[Jean Lafitte]

Darling.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Darling.

[Jean Lafitte]

To know you. You really should try to keep that temper in check.

[Constance Winthrop]

I told you not to kiss me.

[Jean Lafitte]

And you might as well have said stop breathing. Goodbye, Constance. Goodbye. And thank you.

[Constance Winthrop]

When will I see you again?

[Jean Lafitte]

When will you see me again? You'll see me when the moon rises in a certain way that you will remember seeing before in a midnight sky. You'll see me when you see a ship at anchor with a battered look to her. You'll see me when you hear someone laugh in a certain way or someone shout or perhaps cry. And you'll see me every time someone else kisses you.

[Constance Winthrop]

I will not. If I'm never to see you again, I can forget you in a minute. You'll see. I can forget you.

[Jean Lafitte]

All right, then. You're not the girl for me, my beauty. Goodbye, John. Goodbye.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, I hate that man. I hate that man. But, oh, Karamea, how I love him.

[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Jean Lafitte]

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[Narrator/Announcer]

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[Jean Lafitte]

Mr. Lafitte, the British government is prepared to offer you the sum of $30,000 in return for your help in capturing the city of New Orleans and full pardon for you and your men. Does the offer interest you? The offer interests me very much. But I shall have to have time to think it over. Very well, Mr. Lafitte. As you know, we are anchored just outside your harbor. We shall await your answer. John.

[Constance Winthrop]

John, I'm so glad I found you. I have to talk to you.

[Jean Lafitte]

How did you ever find your way here through all the swamps?

[Constance Winthrop]

I persuaded one of the men to bring me. Oh, John, there's terrible trouble in the city. The bribe. But there aren't enough men to fight. General Andrew Jackson has just arrived and he's ill with a fever and can't get men. John, the city's going to be captured.

[Jean Lafitte]

What do you want me to do about it?

[Constance Winthrop]

Why, help defend it.

[Jean Lafitte]

Are you forgetting there's a price on my head in New Orleans?

[Constance Winthrop]

I'm sure you could get a pardon. Oh, Jean. I want New Orleans safe and I want you safe in New Orleans.

[Jean Lafitte]

I don't want safety. I've never wanted it. I don't want it now. I want a deck under my feet and a gun in my hand and a worthy prize coming in on the horizon.

[Constance Winthrop]

And I thought I loved you.

[Jean Lafitte]

Why?

[Constance Winthrop]

You haven't a decent honorable motive in you. I thought you were a fearless man who would fight for a principle if you believed in it. But I see now you're only a thief. After all. You'll only fight for a prize. Well, goodbye, Mr. Lafitte. Forgive me for taking up your time.

[Jean Lafitte]

General Jackson. You've read my papers. Now then, will you grant a pardon for my men and for me so that we may fight for the United States? The United States is most grateful, Mr. Lafitte. We accept your help with deep thanks. And your pardons shall be granted. Almighty God, accept our humble thanks for the victory we have just won. Well, Mr. Lafitte, America and New Orleans will always be grateful to you. If it hadn't been for your help and the help of your men, we'd never have won such a great victory. Thank you, General Jackson. We were fighting a great cause. And now my boy, go on out there and dance and have a good time. You're the hero of the hour. And all the ladies are waiting to dance with you. Tell you about myself. Well now, let's see. A year or two ago, south of the Canary Islands. Oh, very south of the Canaries. I defeated an entire native army single handed.

[Constance Winthrop]

All by yourself, Mr. Lafayette? Just imagine, was nothing.

[Jean Lafitte]

I picked them up two by two and cracked their heads together.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, Mr. Ricky, do tell me all about yourself.

[Jean Lafitte]

Well, that was at sea one time, six or seven months ago, somewhere north of Haiti. Very north of Haiti as a matter of fact. I decided to hunt for treasure on the ocean bed. So I put one knife in my teeth and one in each hand and dove in. I came face to face immediately with six sharks.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, what happened?

[Jean Lafitte]

They ate me.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh.

[Jean Lafitte]

So I wiped out the entire nation of cannibals single handed. And then I was a little tired. And when the camel got tired of carrying me, I carried the camel. The Fulton had a harem of 60 wives. I had a thousand and sixty. And so I slept for the next hundred and twenty years.

[Constance Winthrop]

I was wondering if I had pleasure of dancing with a lion of evening. I've been hearing stories about you. You defeated an entire native armor.

[Jean Lafitte]

Single head. You, Constance. For a fact it was only a brigade.

[Constance Winthrop]

Also understand, carried a camel.

[Jean Lafitte]

It was a small.

[Constance Winthrop]

You slept here.

[Jean Lafitte]

But old idea. Old dance. Let's go outside by the water for a few moments all. Ah, smell. I think it deep. Saber it and fix it and don't let it get away from you. You see, when you close your eyes and smell the sea I.

[Constance Winthrop]

And I see you in that house. You're looking as though you were part of it. I see little boys with your eyes.

[Narrator/Announcer]

You're tr.

[Constance Winthrop]

Shaking your. Shaking your. With your aim. Rocking in and out of them both, banging the doors. And what do you. I see.

[Jean Lafitte]

I see. See veils. Veils filled with wind. Sometimes I can see there is swelling and some and sometimes rotting and ready for a broal. I see Indies. I see islands. Trees again. Yellow moon. Bananas and coconuts within nuts within reach of your hand. Cliffs bend. See who's coming. I see blinking.

[Constance Winthrop]

You see the ends of the world. I smell it and see home.

[Jean Lafitte]

That's the difference between us. So this is where we say goodbye, Constance, my dear.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, no, no. Try it here. You might like it.

[Jean Lafitte]

I couldn't live the life of an honest man. I've had no practice. Do you want to domesticate me like.

[Narrator/Announcer]

A cow or a dog?

[Jean Lafitte]

Do you want to put veins instead of blood in our place? Place, place, place. Be so out of a week that you'd hate me. Hate me. Some things are ages, my dear. And I.

[Constance Winthrop]

You love me, Constance.

[Jean Lafitte]

What's the good of I'd like to know.

[Constance Winthrop]

You never said.

[Jean Lafitte]

Yes, I love you. And I suspect life. I'm going to have a great heart. Leave me.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Yes, I'll leave you.

[Jean Lafitte]

I'll leave you. I'll leave you.

[Constance Winthrop]

When are you going?

[Jean Lafitte]

Yes. Anchor an hour.

[Constance Winthrop]

Well, if you'd rather wife, I'm here with you.

[Jean Lafitte]

That's the spirit. Your fingers at me tell me to go and be hanged.

[Constance Winthrop]

There are plenty of other men just as attractive as pirates and more honest.

[Jean Lafitte]

Not as attractive as I am. I am a very special, even among pirates.

[Constance Winthrop]

Yes, you certainly are. You haven't got a heart. For your heart should be. You've got a cut.

[Jean Lafitte]

Careful. Careful you don't let yourself trip over that cutlass. You might get your feelings hurt. Oh, I load you good. Now we're on the same end. And with that I bid you an affectionate good night and goodbye. I, I, I don't want him. I don't want him. I don't want Harder for you to forget me. Good night. Goodbye.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, John. John.

[Jean Lafitte]

Oh.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh.

[Jean Lafitte]

Oh. Well, Dominic, we're off an adventure. Off an adventure. Off an adventure. Off an adventure again, eh? Yes, boss. Where are we bound? We bound. We bound? I don't know. South. We're off. And a lot. We're awesome. Are we running away? Yes, Dominic, you might say we are. We're running away from domesticity. Domesticity. From cottage. From cottages and ruffles. Work, work. Going back into a man's world. Myself, myself. I like a man's world. That's your great week, huh? Well, it's late. And for a while, bosom steady as she couldn't, was he?

[Constance Winthrop]

Hello, pirate.

[Jean Lafitte]

Dominic, you stop playing. Going to help my quarters. My quarters.

[Constance Winthrop]

And on my ship I posed for curtains and windows. And you'll have to make me.

[Jean Lafitte]

I'll make you no concession. You're going right back to New Orleans.

[Constance Winthrop]

No, I'm not. I'm. I, I'm in India and India and India. Going to China and India and the India. I'm. I'm. I'm trees against cliffs. Where them cliffs where them cliffs where them cliffs where the mountains bend. Coming in the harbor.

[Narrator/Announcer]

I'm going.

[Jean Lafitte]

Isn't the light of cottages and fires and things you.

[Constance Winthrop]

Oh, don't send me back Jean.

[Jean Lafitte]

Love you here.

[Constance Winthrop]

Yes, you do. The stars and the winds and do we talk to you about your conquests. And who are you going if not me?

[Jean Lafitte]

I am successioned unto myself.

[Constance Winthrop]

I see the king.

[Jean Lafitte]

Right.

[Constance Winthrop]

Well move you're going thrown three now.

[Jean Lafitte]

Well whether I have to put up have to put up with it.

[Constance Winthrop]

You're but like as though you like it.

[Jean Lafitte]

You're a bag in a shrill tempered scrap whenever there was one that you're up me. This is Don keep from fin for Su and my youth. Oh yes, you can be very sure of that. I do love you Find everything all right boys? Everything's wonderful Dominic. You everything wonder then good. This is a good time to tell you I have a rival the hair hold. No, this is not a good time. No, no time.

[Constance Winthrop]

Good night the good night. But what happens this time if I.

[Jean Lafitte]

Ask you to kiss me just your chin and see oh.

[Constance Winthrop]

So wonderful.

[Jean Lafitte]

Yes, yes. I must. I am. I must admit it good ship the crew and shall I tell you something? I did all my single hand.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Just a mellum in just a min. Exciting dangerously folks, isn't it provoking especially in summertime to have a day ruined or an ielts rest sports by sniffling by sniffling by sniffling. And what are these when you get rel that's why more of people are adrenal sneezes such as and some and relief because medication and the irritation it helps clearance to make breathing so try at all. You're really in for the breathing comfort. Breathing comfort brings as it relieves as it relieves head distress. Head cold Corrections in the pinnuler Remember it's Vic Nose drop. Nose drop.

[Jean Lafitte]

I am adventure. The hills and the MoS of ancient Scotland Rutland collide with one of the most daring courageous men the Wallace of Wallace of.

[Narrator/Announcer]

Today by Gene Holloway and directed by Richard Sandville. Music on the series is in the direction of Art Warno. The part of Constance when I was played by Was played by. Was played by. Was played by. Be sure and listen again next week when Vic presents starring Victor. To be as vital young and attractive as you should you must have certain.

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