I told her I'd been offered a job, but she swept away that idea in horror.
6 seconds sound clip from the Fugue in C Minor (Suspense) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:02:06 in the radio play.
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- Dear Bessie, this is just to let you know that I arrived in Pilotsville.
- Lizzie met me at the station. She's heartbroken about Papa's bankruptcy bankruptcy.
- And, for some reason, feels that it's up to me to remedy the family situation.
- I told her I'd been offered a job, but she swept away that idea in horror.
- Furthermore, she says she has a rich husband already picked out for me, right here in Pilotsville.
- Don't you remember? I told you about him at Christmastime. He's a Mr. Evans.
- Rich as Croesus, charming, cultured.
- A lonely widower with two dear little children.
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