I kept telling myself that even if I did go away, we'd find some way to be together. But I never really believed it.

8 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:36:09.138 in the DVD version of the movie.

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- Well, at least you didn't laugh.

- Laugh? I never asked a girl to marry me before. I guess maybe I was kind of...

- Oh, John. No one could have done it more beautifully. I'm very proud.

- Esther, will you? Will you, Esther?

- Of course I will, John.

- Gosh, the time we've wasted.

- Say, do you realize I might have lost you? Three more days, you'd have been gone.

- Let's not even think about it.

- We might never have seen each other again.

- I kept telling myself that even if I did go away, we'd find some way to be together. But I never really believed it.

- When you go to New York, it'll be with your husband. And your folks can show us the town. Meet us at the station.

- Let's go in and tell them now.

- Oh, no. Not tonight. I mean, I'd rather just the two of us knew about it tonight.

- Esther, you're not changing your...? You do feel it's the right thing to do, don't you?

- Oh, yes. Yes.

- I don't have to be an engineer. College takes too long anyway. I can get a job right away and support you in style.

- Of course you can, darling.

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