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When her body had been buried in the snow next morning, Mr. Oakhurst moved away from the others, and began to work away savagely at the pack saddle with his bowie knife.

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

You can hear this line at 00:21:36.600 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I haven't been hiding it for myself. Give them to the kid.

- You've starved yourself, you mean.

- That's what they call it.

- Is there anything I can do for you, Mother?

- Yes. You can lay me to rest.

- Don't let the kids know.

- That night, her face turned to the wall, Mother Shipton passed quietly away.

- When her body had been buried in the snow next morning, Mr. Oakhurst moved away from the others, and began to work away savagely at the pack saddle with his bowie knife.

- What's that you're making, Mr. Oakhurst?

- Well, if you can call it making.

- I'm cutting up this old pack saddle to try and make a pair of snowshoes. If you can get to walking them, there's one chance in a hundred to save her yet, Tom.

- Piney?

- Yep.

- We don't have to fool ourselves any longer, Tom.

- Poor old Mother Shipton's gone.

- In another three or four days...

[...]

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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