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- You've starved yourself, you mean.
- That's what they call it.

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

You can hear this line at 00:21:12.080 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm going, Oakhurst. But don't say nothing about it. Don't waken the kids.

- Take this bundle from under my head. Open it. That's right.

- Where's this food come from? Had you hidden it?

- It's my rations for the last seven days. I just didn't eat it, that's all.

- 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.

[...]

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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