Sure I know, Mother, but don't let on to the kids. They'll find out the truth about all of us when they find out anything. And there's no good scaring them now.

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9 seconds sound clip from the The Outcasts of Poker Flat classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:15:27.026 in the radio play.

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- Oh, don't you worry, ma'am. Luckily, I stored most part of the provisions in the hut. I reckon we've enough food put by to last us for a full ten days.

- That's if you're willing to board us, Tom. But it's not right that you and Piney should go short for us.

- Any case, Uncle Billy will likely be back with provisions in a day or two.

- Go check what we've gotten laid by in there, will you?

- What's this nonsense about Uncle Billy coming back with provisions? Why, you know darn well we'll never see him again.

- Sure I know, Mother, but don't let on to the kids. They'll find out the truth about all of us when they find out anything. And there's no good scaring them now.

- But they know he's gone and taken the mules.

- Well, I told them I'd guessed he must have wandered from the camp and stampeded them accidentally.

- I told them he'd likely be back when he'd caught them again, if he ever did.

- And they believe that?

- Kids can believe anything.

- They don't have to believe that a man can be as mean and bad as that.

- Oh, that old...!

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954) Sound Clip

Listen to Laurence Olivier bring the characters of Bret Harte's story 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat' to life in this rare 1954 Theatre Royal radio play, featuring sound clips on our page.

Actors: Laurence Olivier (Narrator / John Oakhurst), Margot Stevenson, Bessie Love, Lionel Murton

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