You see, my mistake was I didn't realize that the difference between this glamorous lady and me was that she was with the Comedie Francaise and I was with Matuschek and Company.

— Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan)

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

You can hear this line at 01:31:04.324 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Listen, in those first few weeks... I know you won't misconstrue what I'm going to say to you. After all, I'm very happily engaged. At least it looks that way.

- Yes. Well, go on.

- Oh, in those first few weeks, there were moments in the stockroom when you could have swept me off of my feet.

- Now I'm getting psychologically mixed up.

- Well, you see, I was a different girl, then. I was really rather naive. All my knowledge came from books and I'd just finished a novel about a glamorous French actress from the Comedie Francaise. That's a theater in France.

- And when she wanted to arouse a man's interest she treated him like a dog.

- Yes, well, you treated me like a dog.

- Yes, but instead of licking my hand, you barked.

- You see, my mistake was I didn't realize that the difference between this glamorous lady and me was that she was with the Comedie Francaise and I was with Matuschek and Company.

- Oh, well, that's all forgotten now.

- So now you're going to see your girlfriend. By the way, is it serious?

- Yes, very.

- Maybe, maybe we'll both be engaged Monday morning.

- I think we will.

- Well, I don't want you to misunderstand me. I just said in my case it might happen.

- Well, as a matter of fact, I can tell you, it will happen.

- How do you know?

- Well, we won't go into that.

[...]

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Sound Clip

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Actors: James Stewart (Alfred Kralik), Margaret Sullavan (Klara Novak), Frank Morgan (Hugo Matuschek), William Tracy (Pepi Katona)

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