When I got home and sat at the phone in five minutes I had what amounts to two offers.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Shop Around the Corner (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:53:37.602 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Why, you haven't seen Mr. Pirovitch by any chance?

- No, no, I haven't.

- Alright. Well, guess I'll wait.

- Do you mind if I sit down?

- Yes, I do. You know, I have an appointment, too, Mr. Kralik.

- Oh, oh, yes, I remember. Yes. I..

- My, your friend seems to be a little late.

- And I'll thank you not to be sarcastic. I know you've had a bad day, and you probably feel very bitter. Still, that's no reason to...

- Bitter? Me? About leaving Matuschek and Company?

- When I got home and sat at the phone in five minutes I had what amounts to two offers.

- Well, I congratulate you. I wish you good luck.

- Oh, I see you're reading Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

- Yes, do you mind?

- No, no. I just didn't expect to meet you in a cafe with Tolstoy, that's all. It's quite a surprise. I didn't know you went in for high literature.

- There are many things you don't know about me, Mr. Kralik.

- Uh-huh.

- Have you read Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky?

- No, I haven't.

- I have.

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