MR STANDFAST (CHAP 22) (CONCLUSION)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Hannay's division is in the center gap that the Germans need to reach Amiens. If German scout planes see how weak his lines are they will attack and Hannay's division will be wiped out. The job falls to the hands of the air corps. Hannays old friend Peter makes an unexpected appearance. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Storytellers! Android devices: https://podbay.fm/p/1001-historys-best-storytellers (cut and paste into your url) Apple devices: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 NEW 1001 Ghost Stories & Tales of the Macabre is now playing at Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-ghost-stories-tales-of-the-macabre/id1516332327 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megapho Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, come back everyone to 1,000 One Stories for the Road.
0:27.2	This is your host, John Hegedorn.
0:29.2	This is the last chapter, chapter 22, of Mr. Stanfast by John Buccane.
0:34.5	The title, The Summons Comes from Mr. Stanfast.
0:38.7	And now our story.
0:41.3	I slept for one and three-quarter hours that night, and when I awoke I seemed to emerge
0:45.4	from deeps of slumber which enlisted for days.
0:48.8	That happens sometimes after heavy fatigue and great mental strain.
0:52.9	Even a short sleep sets up a barrier between past and present which has to be elaborately
0:56.8	broken down before you can link on with what has happened before.
1:01.3	As my wits groped at the job, some drops of rain splashed on my face to the broken roof.
1:06.3	That hurried me out of doors.
1:07.7	It was just after dawn and the sky was piled with thick clouds while a wet wind blew
1:12.3	up from the southwest.
1:14.3	The long prayed for breaking the weather seemed to have come at last.
1:17.5	A deluge of rain was what I wanted, something to soak the earth and turn the roads into
1:22.1	water courses and clog the enemy transport.
1:25.5	I waited above all to blind the enemy's eyes.
1:28.0	For I remembered what a preposterous bluff it had all been, and what a pitiest broken
1:32.0	handful stood between the Germans and their goal.
1:35.6	If they knew, if they only knew, they would brush us aside like flies.
1:42.2	As I shaved a look back on the events of yesterday as on something that had happened
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