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The driver of a donkey cart has given him a lift and he is now on the last leg of the journey... the outskirts of the village of Kinreach.

10 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:19:54 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Mother's the most perplexing person on my list.

- Stockings for Christmas and Lux Flakes for stockings... a perfect combination.

- We return now to Mr. DeMille and our play.

- Two days have passed and Richard Hannay, wanted for a murder he did not commit, is still at large.

- Determined to discover the secret of the Thirty-Nine Steps, he's made his way to Scotland.

- The driver of a donkey cart has given him a lift and he is now on the last leg of the journey... the outskirts of the village of Kinreach.

- Are you going to stay long in Kinreach, laddie?

- Well, that all depends.

- I'm looking for work. Do you suppose I could find something?

- Mmm, I hae me doubts, laddie.

- Kinreach is a mighty small town.

- What do ye do?

- I'm a chauffeur.

- Well, I'm thinking you'd better try somewhere else then. What folks as need chauffeurs in here has had them for years.

- Oh, I see. But, aren't there any newcomers? I mean, somebody told me about...

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The 39 Steps (1937) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsQuotes with sound clips from the old-time radio play "The 39 Steps" (1937), based on John Buchan's novel, first aired on December 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Robert Montgomery (Richard Hannay), Ida Lupino (Pamela Stuart), Isabel Jewel (Annabella Smith), Gene Lockhart (Mr. Memory), Leonard Mudie (Professor Bartlett),

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