Well, what I mean is, Bill here's all right with these things, but they make Mister Penderel a kind of fish out of water.

7 seconds sound clip from the The Old Dark House (1932) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:26:17.659 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- After all, can you conceive of anybody living in a house like this if they didn't have to?

- Well, there's no accounting for tastes, you know.

- No.

- Miss DuCane.

- Yes.

- What does your intuition tell you about me?

- Quite a lot.

- Hmm, that frightens me a good deal. What does it tell you?

- It tells me... Well, it's not very interesting anyway.

- Oh, yes it is. Let's have it.

- Well, it sounds silly, but I think he doesn't quite fit into these times, you know, factories and cheap advertising and money grubbing and...

- Well, what I mean is, Bill here's all right with these things, but they make Mister Penderel a kind of fish out of water.

- You should be flattered, Mister Penderel.

- No, I'm not flattered.

- You see, I've not much sympathy with fish out of water, although I happen to be one myself.

- My trouble is, I don't think enough things are worthwhile.

- Now, Sir William here would put tremendous energy into anything to make even a few pounds. Now, I don't think it's worth it.

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