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Mmm. Heh! But he doesn't know it... yet.

5 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:31:44 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I beg your pardon? So I claimed my inheritance.

- Cathy will understand. It's an old 'joke' between us.

- I see. Are you staying long in the neighbourhood?

- I'm staying the rest of my life.

- Really?

- I've just bought the horses, the cattle, and the moors, belonging to the estate known as Wuthering Heights.

- No! You mean...? Cathy's brother Hindley sold out?

- Mmm. Heh! But he doesn't know it... yet.

- I imagine it'll be a shock when he discovers that his gambling and drinking debts were paid up for him by his former stable boy.

- You can't have done that!

- That's as underhanded a piece of work as I've ever heard of.

- If I'd known that his holdings were being stolen by a stranger...

- May I remind you that I am not a stranger? I'm merely a neighbour.

- For now, I'll say goodnight.

[...]

Wuthering Heights (1939) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsMemorable quotes from Emily Brontë's novel, featuring sound clips from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast version first aired on September 18, 1939 on CBS.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Cathy), Ida Lupino (Isabella Linton), Brian Aherne (Heathcliff), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Edgar Linton), Kemball Cooper (Hindley), Marga Ann Deighton (Ellen)

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