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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Not in the Script - -Author: Arnold Marmor - -Release Date: November 10, 2021 [eBook #66698] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOT IN THE SCRIPT *** - - - - - - Jules Barnes' assignment was to write a - play which would save Earth from an invasion; - he wrote well--and yet the crucial scene was-- - - Not In The Script - - By Arnold Marmor - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy - December 1955 - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Colen Shratt studied his image in the silver-framed mirror. His -mustache was neatly clipped, his face clean shaven and well talcumed. -His captain's uniform--light blue--was pressed and looked as if it had -just been bought. He was fastidious in everything he did. - -He looked away from the mirror as the valet approached. - -"Mr. Barnes is ready to see you, sir," the valet said. - -"Good." - -Captain Shratt was ushered into a study where Jules Barnes was waiting. - -"Won't you be seated?" Barnes invited. - -The captain sat, laid his cap on his knee. - -"A drink?" - -"No, thank you." - -"Mind if I have one?" - -"Of course not." - -Barnes fixed himself a drink. He seated himself on a sofa, leaned back -and said: "Now what's it all about? What would an intelligence officer -want with me?" - -"I'm not only representing the Americas at this moment, Mr. Barnes, -but all of earth as well. I'm here to ask you to do a service for the -world." - -"A service?" Barnes sipped at his drink. "You must be mistaken about me -captain. I'm just a playwright." - -"But I haven't made a mistake, Mr. Barnes. And you _can_ save the -world. Just by writing a play." - -"Oh, come now." - -"Mr. Barnes, within two months we shall have a visitor from Mars." - -Jules Barnes finished his drink. "You don't say?" - -"I do say." - -"Are you sure you won't have a drink? Or have you had too many?" - -"Mind if I use your phone?" - -"Go right ahead." - -The captain dialled a number, said into the mouthpiece: "General?... -Shratt. I'm at Barnes.... Yes. Of course. Have the President put on, -will you?" The captain turned to Barnes. "You'd recognize the voice of -William Livingstone, the President of the Americas, wouldn't you?" - -Barnes nodded his head silently. - -He took the receiver from Shratt and listened gravely. - -The captain watched the playwright put down the receiver. "Well?" he -said. - -Barnes sat down, gulped noisily. "I'm listening." - -"We're going to have a visitor from the planet Mars. Now supposedly, -they will be on a friendly mission. But that will not be so. Their -purpose is to determine our strength. If they decide we are ahead in -nuclear physics and rocket-ship expansion we will be attacked. If they -decide we are behind in experiments then we will be safe." - -"I don't understand. Why shouldn't they attack us if they know we are -weak?" - -"They're not in any great hurry. If they believe we are strong and -ready to launch rocket ships into space then they will stop us, -determined we should never leave our planet to conquer space. If they -believe we are weak and backward, they will let us alone, for the time -being. As long as we aren't a threat then they'll feel safe, ready to -conquer us at their own sweet time. They move when they think we're -strong, ready to blast ships into space, ready to conquer the stars. -Till then they'll let us alone, knowing we're weak and ineffectual." - -"How do you know all this?" Barnes asked, moving to make himself and -Shratt drinks. This time, the captain accepted his drink. "How can you -possibly know of their plans?" - -"We've picked up their ship by radar. We've been listening in on their -conversations with Mars through a new I.B.M. machine. And Germany -has sent their best code experts to give a hand. They broke down the -language. And the messages between Mars and their ship was in code. -So the experts did a double job, and well too, I might add. All the -governments of the world have been alerted. They're all ready to -cooperate." - -"Well, where do I come in?" - -"We want you to write a play." - -"A play?" - -"Yes. A play. And every industry on earth will be a participant. You -will write and direct. The world will be the stage. Don't you see? You -will write and direct every move that will convince the Martians we are -backward, we are nothing, we are insignificant. They must be convinced -our industry doesn't compare with theirs, our brains are childish to -theirs, our leaders are weak and ineffectual, our weapons mere toys. -You must write this play before they get here. It will be your greatest -triumph. It will be the play of all plays. It will be the play that -will save the world from destruction. It must be written within a -month. That's what we want you to do." - -"Within a month? That's impossible." - -"A month to write the play. A month to rehearse. Not even a month to -rehearse. You have to get busy on it right away." - -"But how far are you advanced? Can you conquer space tomorrow?" - -"Of course not." - -"Then why go to all this trouble? Just let them see for themselves the -way things really are. We can't possibly hurt them now. Why bother -putting on an act for them?" - -"We are advanced to some degree, of course. Progress can't be stopped. -But we don't want them to know exactly how advanced we are. They are -our enemy, you must remember that. We have to show them we are weaker -than we really are." - -"I see your logic." - -"Good. You will cooperate with us, then?" - -"Of course." - -"You realize that it must be a silent triumph for you, if we are -successful." - -"Of course. I'm at your service." - -"You will start immediately. I'll keep in touch with you daily. You'll -need facts and figures, of course. You'll get a list of industry heads, -scientists, and military men. They'll all be meeting our Martians. They -must have their lines to read, their every movements that will convince -the Martians of our stupidity." - -"It's going to be some political football at the next election. You -can't keep the politicians silent." - -"Oh yes, we can." - -"This will be more like a project than a play." - -"I'll have to take my leave now, Mr. Barnes." The Captain stood up. "I -have many matters to attend to." - -"Of course. Good day, captain." - - * * * * * - -Jules Barnes worked on his play every waking hour. His eyes grew tired, -his fingers grew stiff, his brain grew weary. The play was finished in -twenty-five days. He handed it to Captain Shratt and went to sleep five -minutes later. - - * * * * * - -Captain Shratt shrugged off all suggestion of getting a top Broadway -director to handle the second assignment, that of directing the -participants of the play. So Jules Barnes directed the military, the -industry, the sciences, in their performances which would take place -when the adversary would come face to face with the earth's genius. - -Barnes and Shratt went from government to government by jet, meeting -the brains of each power, directing and coaching. - -"Finished," Captain Shratt said, leaning back in his seat as the jet -took off for Washington. - -"What if it doesn't come off?" Barnes said. - -"Don't think about it." - -Barnes felt his stomach jump toward his back as the ship hummed its way -towards the heavens. He still hadn't gotten used to the jets. When the -plane leveled off, he said: "We could always capture the Martians, hold -them as hostages." - -"Do you possibly think they hold as great a price on life as we do? -Their philosophy is as different from ours as night and day." - -"You seem to know an awful lot about them." - -"Our men are listening in on every conversation that passes between -their ship and Mars. We've learned a lot." - -"I'm beginning to think you're more advanced than you're letting on." - -"In many matters, Mr. Barnes you're still an outsider. Security, you -must understand. Especially now. You've done the earth a great service -but I'm still under orders. There are many things I can't let you in -on. If you were a soldier, you'd readily understand. So a certain wall, -not too high, though, must always remain between us." - -"I'm not a soldier, true, but I do understand." - -"You may be interested to know that the ship will be landing within the -week." - -"Really? I guess I'd better stay out of the way." - -"Oh, you'll be on hand. In case something goes wrong and a new line -must be written into the script fast. There must be no blunders. If -there are then we must cover up. So you'll be close by, ready to write, -ready to coach." - -"I wonder what they'll look like." - -"You'll be finding out soon enough." - - * * * * * - -In order to avert panic, the world was alerted to the coming of the -Martians four days before the strange arrival. - -They came. - -Tall and thin with translucent skin and eyes that were almost -invisible, they were that small. There were four. Two men and two -women. The women's hair was as short as the men's. Their breasts made -slight bulges under their tunics. - -It seemed they had listened in to radio broadcasts and spoke English, -French, Italian, Polish, and Spanish very well. They knew the Americas -was the strongest of the world governments and so had landed there. The -year, 1968, became a memorable year. The year when contact was made -with another planet. - - * * * * * - -Jules Barnes stayed on the sidelines. During the three weeks the -Martians remained there was no need for him. But he stayed by, ready to -act in any way he was needed. - -The Martians went from government to government, inspecting industry, -meeting scientists and military men. Everything was as friendly as -could be. When the Martians retired to their rooms, they had hurried -conversations. We were behind the times, our scientists were incredibly -stupid, our military men were old ladies and our industry was only fit -to make children's toys. - -Hidden microphones revealed all this. - - * * * * * - -"Everything has gone according to plan," Captain Shratt told Barnes the -day the Martians blasted off for their home planet. "We've nothing to -worry about." - -"I'm glad. I've been on edge the whole time they were here." - -"I've got reports to make out so I'll have to leave now. But we'll get -together again sometime." - -"Certainly." Barnes shook hands and Shratt left the playwright's -apartment. - - * * * * * - -"Hello, General," Captain Shratt said, entering his office. He took off -his cap, tossed it on a leather chair, and went behind his desk. - -"I've come from the president," the general said. "He says the time has -come." - -"Good." Shratt sat down. "I wish I was coming along." - -"You're needed here. What about this fellow Barnes? He knows an awful -lot." - -"We've nothing to worry from him. Besides, once we've started there's -nothing anyone can do." - -"Our fleet of Space ships is ready to take off within hours." - -"It's best to wait till the Martian ship is well on its way. Then we -can start operations. When we get to Mars they'll be unprepared. Earth -will be supreme." Captain Shratt lit a cigarette. "Only Mars could have -stopped us if they'd decided to attack us. Now that threat is gone. -They won't know what hit them. Thanks to a playwright and his sense of -devotion to earth." - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NOT IN THE SCRIPT *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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