In Front Of God And Everybody

In Front of God and EverybodyChristmas was coming. And so was the pageant. And so was my solo bass-baritone role as Melchior. For I was about to become an Oriental king.Every evening for two weeks, we were turned out of our cells and taken up to the auditorium. It was all showbiz. Set designers hammered, singers practiced, the narrator tested the mike and rehearsed his lines. The guys in the band tootled a little and banged around, down from their bennies and very low, sheepish, a little embarra...