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The cheerful gaiety of the young couple and Mr. Oakhurst's calm infected the other two.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:23.575 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Well, the snow is getting real deep under the trees. We'd best lay in a stack of wood before it gets all buried under.

- That's right. If it gets any thicker, we won't even be able to get at the trees.

- Well, come on, everyone.

- While we're all eating Tom and Piney's food, the least we can do is to fetch the wood for them.

- After all, if it hadn't been for us, they'd have been happily married by now.

- Poor kids.

- We don't mind, do we, Tom? It'll be fun having a camp up here for a day or two.

- That's right, honey.

- The cheerful gaiety of the young couple and Mr. Oakhurst's calm infected the other two.

- The innocent, with the aid of pine boughs, extemporized a thatch for the roofless cabin.

- And the Duchess directed Piney in the rearrangement of the interior with a taste and a tact that left her gaier still.

- That evening, when Mr. Oakhurst returned from yet another weary search for the trail...

- He heard the sound of singing and happy laughter echoed from the rocks.

- He stopped in some alarm, thinking of the whiskey that he prudently hidden. And if this didn't somehow sound like whiskey.

[...]

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954) Sound Clip

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954)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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