That's an attractive thought, but we can't let him go. He'd get lost or starve.
8 seconds sound clip from the X Minus 1 - A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp classic radio drama series.
You can hear this line at 00:16:25 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Now, just a moment, old man. You're behaving like a confounded skite with more money than brains.
- I should never have brought you along.
- If that's how you feel, give me some food, and I'll go back to the base by myself.
- Now, don't be a bigger ass than you can help. That's quite impossible.
- All right, I'll go alone! I wouldn't want to pollute your air with my presence!
- That's an attractive thought, but we can't let him go. He'd get lost or starve.
- All right, I'll go after him.
- We stumbled along for several more days... James on his good behavior, for a change.
- And on the first of May, we broke camp and headed north to the hills.
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