My father was a very remarkable man. I never found anyone who seemed to measure up to what he led me to expect of men.

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

You can hear this line at 00:07:03 in the radio play.

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- Times when you came in here, tired after a day with your students at me University.

- You seemed so alone... the way I'm alone in the world.

- I'd like to have asked you to stay awhile and talk with me. But some way or other I wound up giving you your change and letting you go on your way...

- You say... you're all alone in the world?

- Since my father died.

- Did you never think of marrying?

- My father was a very remarkable man. I never found anyone who seemed to measure up to what he led me to expect of men.

- It's been so long since anyone called me by my first name. I'd like you to, if you want to. It's Marion... And yours?

- Hubert us, but in English, Hubert. Sounds better.

- How long have you been alone? I knew you were a widower, of course, the first time I saw you... I can always tell.

- There's a certain sadness in a man's eyes... a sweet sadness, I think...when he has been married and then lost...

- A widower... I never thought of it in quite that way...

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Back for Christmas (Suspense) Sound Clip

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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