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After all, Hubert old boy, you've contracted to lecture for only three months.

6 seconds sound clip from the Back for Christmas (Suspense) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:16:31 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- That last afternoon, pouring tea for a few friends who had come in to say last-minute farewells, she kept reiterating it.

- Now, mind you, don't let those Americans lure your husband with one of their fat university jobs.

- We absolutely must have you with us for Christmas.

- He will be back. I promise you.

- Well, it's not absolutely certain, of course...

- What do you mean it's not certain? Of course it's certain.

- After all, Hubert old boy, you've contracted to lecture for only three months.

- Quite right. But then, of course, anything may happen.

- Hubert adores being unpredictable.

- Now what other man would decide the day, the very day, mind you, before leaving for America to dig a great hole in the floor of the cellar?

- He's going to put some unclassified... wild orchids down there. A Devil's Garden if you please.

- It sounds so mysterious!

[...]

Back for Christmas (Suspense) Sound Clip

Back for Christmas (Suspense)Quotes from Back for Christmas- Suspense Radio Show based on a short story written by John Collier, first aired on December 23, 1943.

Actors: Peter Lorre (Hubert Schumacher)

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