- 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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:05:49 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- Forgive me if this sounds foolish. But since talking with you today, I feel that shaving off my beard is the most important thing I've done for 20 years...

- Oh, it is. I'm sure it is.

[...]

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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