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But my dear Hermione, Hubert couldn't possibly have telephoned me within the past hour... I've been walking in the park since three.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:18 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It sounds so mysterious!

- That's Herbert, though. It's really quite simple however, once you find out what he's up to.

- Now take that telephone call he put through to you a few minutes before you arrived, Freddy...

- To me?

- Of course...

- Hubert wanted to surprise me about your plan to meet us in New York next month.

- Wasn't that why he called? To ask you not to mention it?

- But my dear Hermione, Hubert couldn't possibly have telephoned me within the past hour... I've been walking in the park since three.

- He didn't telephone you?

- How could he?

- And as for my going to America...

- Now, come, come, Freddy, you may as well confess. Hermione has just found me out again.

- But, Hubert, old chap, I really don't...

- You see what a poor liar Hubert makes? He's as red as a beet root!

[...]

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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