diff --git a/engines/mads/phantom/phantom_scenes1.cpp b/engines/mads/phantom/phantom_scenes1.cpp
index a93be725922..f9f97db4282 100644
--- a/engines/mads/phantom/phantom_scenes1.cpp
+++ b/engines/mads/phantom/phantom_scenes1.cpp
@@ -8021,7 +8021,6 @@ void Scene113::step() {
 			_game._objects.addToInventory(OBJ_SMALL_NOTE);
 			_scene->deleteSequence(_globals._sequenceIndexes[1]);
 			_vm->_sound->command(26);
-			_scene->_speechReady = -1;
 			_vm->_dialogs->showItem(OBJ_SMALL_NOTE, 806, 2);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/engines/mads/scene.cpp b/engines/mads/scene.cpp
index ea5943cd373..34d96778b84 100644
--- a/engines/mads/scene.cpp
+++ b/engines/mads/scene.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "mads/scene.h"
 #include "mads/compression.h"
 #include "mads/mads.h"
+#include "mads/audio.h"
 #include "mads/dragonsphere/dragonsphere_scenes.h"
 #include "mads/nebular/nebular_scenes.h"
 #include "mads/phantom/phantom_scenes.h"
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ Scene::Scene(MADSEngine *vm)
 	_spritesCount = 0;
 	_variant = 0;
 	_initialVariant = 0;
-	_speechReady = -1;
 
 	_paletteUsageF.push_back(PaletteUsage::UsageEntry(0xF));
 
@@ -782,11 +782,14 @@ void Scene::deleteSequence(int idx) {
 }
 
 void Scene::loadSpeech(int idx) {
-	warning("TODO: Scene::loadSpeech");
+	_vm->_audio->setDefaultSoundGroup();
+	// NOTE: The original actually preloads the speech sample here, but the samples
+	// are so small that it's not really worth it...
 }
 
 void Scene::playSpeech(int idx) {
-	warning("TODO: Scene::playSpeech");
+	_vm->_audio->stop();
+	_vm->_audio->playSound(idx - 1);
 }
 
 void Scene::sceneScale(int front_y, int front_scale, int back_y,  int back_scale) {
diff --git a/engines/mads/scene.h b/engines/mads/scene.h
index f0b4326c8f8..b818a0298e9 100644
--- a/engines/mads/scene.h
+++ b/engines/mads/scene.h
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ public:
 	Common::Point _customDest;
 	Common::Array<PaletteUsage::UsageEntry> _paletteUsageF;
 	Common::Array<PaletteUsage::UsageEntry> _scenePaletteUsage;
-	int _speechReady;
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
 	 */