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It's no use. I know what the doctor must have said. Please don't tell Marmee or Father, but I know.

9 seconds sound clip from the Little Women (1950) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:49:00 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Jo was back and the old house in Concord was briefly lighted again.

- But there was a great darkness impending.

- Oh, Beth. Our little Beth.

- Don't cry, Jo. I don't want you to cry for me.

- I'm not crying for you, darling. I'm just lonesome for Amy and Meg and our old happy times. I'll be all right.

- It's no use. I know what the doctor must have said. Please don't tell Marmee or Father, but I know.

- Jo, you mustn't be afraid. Doesn't it sound funny, me saying that to you, when you've always said it to me?

- You've always reminded me of a sea gull. Strong and wild, fond of the wind and storm, and dreaming of flying out to sea.

- And Marmee said I was the cricket on the hearth, content to stay at home.

- I can't express it very well. I guess I shouldn't even try, except to my Jo.

- But it seems that I was never intended to live very long. I never planned what I would do when I grew up like the rest of you did, because I could never bear the thought of leaving home.

[...]

Little Women (1950) Sound Clip

Little Women vintage book coverAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "Little Women", based on Louisa May Alcott's novel, broadcast March 13, 1950 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: June Allyson (Jo March), Janet Leigh (Meg March), Margaret O’Brien (Beth March), Rhoda Williams (Amy March), Peter Lawford (Laurie), Betty Lou Gerson (Marmee March), Robert Boone (Professor Bhaer)

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