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For a moment I had a feeling that Hermione had been leaning over my shoulder again, correcting what I had written, as she always did.

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

You can hear this line at 00:22:47 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Hubert... you must listen... the cellar ...it.. don't do it, Hubert! Hubert!

- Oh, Steward. My wife, she's indisposed. She'll be taking her meals in our stateroom.

- For the whole voyage?

- Yes, for the whole voyage.

- I trust your wife is feeling better this morning, Professor.

- A little. Not yet well enough to leave her cabin.

- What a shame.

- Here's a copy of the radiogram you sent for your wife last evening.

- Thank you. I'll just check it over... But look here...

- What? What's the matter? Did the typist make a mistake?

- No. No, it's nothing important. She can correct it later.

- For a moment I had a feeling that Hermione had been leaning over my shoulder again, correcting what I had written, as she always did.

- I had written a radiogram to Professor Good enough and his wife...

- 'Haven't been out of my cabin the whole beastly trip. Hubert well.'

- 'Now doubt we'll be back for Christmas.' But the operator had left out the 'w' and it read 'No doubt we'll be back for Christmas.'

- Exactly what Hermione would have written!

- The rest of the trip was uneventful.

[...]

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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