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The immediate announcement of your engagement to Horace is the only step we can take to silence this scandalous gossip.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Moon's Our Home (1941) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:42:24 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Good morning, Sarah. I want to speak to you.

- I thought you would, Granny.

- Boyce, you may leave.

- Yes, ma'am.

- Sarah, everything is arranged. I've already talked to Horace and the newspapermen are waiting.

- Waiting for what?

- For the announcement of your engagement to Horace!

- Engagement? But, Granny...

- My dear, my dear... I've gone over the situation quite thoroughly.

- The immediate announcement of your engagement to Horace is the only step we can take to silence this scandalous gossip.

- But, Granny, it's - it's impossible. Why, Granny, suppose I were to tell you that I was already married.

- I'd say it was your way of evading an issue.

- But I am.

- Huh? Who to?

- Why, to Sam Smith, that's who.

- All right, all right... who is he? Where does he come from? What does he do?

- Well, I don't... Granny, you've got to believe me.

[...]

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The Moon's Our Home (1941) Sound Clip

The Moon's Our Home (1941)Quotes from The Moon's Our Home, Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1941, adapted after Faith Baldwin's novel, featuring sound clips.

Actors: James Stewart (Anthony Amberton / John Smith), Carole Lombard (Cherry Chester / Sarah Brown), Clara Blandick (Lucy), Verna Felton (Boyce)

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