Whether he was conscious of any predisposing cause was another question.

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

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- As Mr John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the main streets of Poker Flat on the morning of the 23rd of November 1850...

- He was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere since the preceding night.

- Two or three men conversing earnestly together ceased as he approached and exchanged significant glances.

- There was a Sabbath lull in the air which, in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences, looked ominous.

- Mr Oakhurst's calm, handsome face betrayed small concern in these indications.

- Whether he was conscious of any predisposing cause was another question.

- Fine day, gentlemen.

- Yeah. Mild weather for the time of the year. Mark you?

- I can detect a touch of frost in the air. Or is that merely my imagination?

- Maybe.

- The first winter in Poker Flat, of course.

- So I don't hardly know when we'll be having the first fall of snow. Guess we won't have to wait long, though. There's plenty back there in the Sierras, and the nights are kind of cold.

- Yeah.

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