They were almost morbidly devoted to their mother and then, of course, the unfortunate circumstances of her death...
8 seconds sound clip from the Fugue in C Minor (Suspense) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:06:46 in the radio play.
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- Everything always looks so charming and quiet. I haven't even heard a peep out of your children.
- My children? Oh, yes, the children have been away at school.
- But I suppose your sister has told you all about that.
- No, not very much, except...
- Your wife was killed in a street accident, wasn't she?
- Yes, in Philadelphia. A brewery wagon and four horses ran her down.
- It's something I don't like to think about very often.
- Poor beautiful Margaret. Well, it's like a nightmare, and I still can't feel reconciled, but...
- Well, what I was driving at was the children. They were in school when she died...
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