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- 'Phytotomy of Phalloid Gametophytes' and 'Coniferous Shrubs of North America.' Those are the ones you ordered, aren't they?
- Yes. Thank you. You're very kind.

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

You can hear this line at 00:05:40 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Good evening, Miss Markham.

- Why, it is Professor Schumacher, isn't it?

- Do you like me better this way?

- You look ever so much younger without the beard. Twenty years at least.

- You'll be glad to know those books you ordered have finally arrived.

- Oh, yes... the books.

- 'Phytotomy of Phalloid Gametophytes' and 'Coniferous Shrubs of North America.' Those are the ones you ordered, aren't they?

- Yes. Thank you. You're very kind.

- Why kind?

- Not many young ladies in bookshops would go out of their way to look up rare books for an old professor of Botany.

- Why, you're not old, Professor. Really you look... What do I look like?

- And besides, I adore botany. It's my particular hobby.

- Oh, really? You never told me that before, Miss Markham.

- Well, I was afraid to. You were so imposing with the beard and all.

[...]

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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