- But if they only come once, you're never going to see them again.
- They pay at Michaelmas.
4 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.
You can hear this line at 00:04:12.667 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- No, I mean the big, worldwide epidemics.
- But if I have to wait for a worldwide epidemic...
- I've seen two. One in 1889 and the last one in 1918.
- You did fairly well out of them?
- Michaelmas 1919. And the books look very well indeed.
- Yes, you see the people here only pay their bills every Michaelmas, every 29th of September.
- And today is October the 3rd. What a good time to choose for parting with one's practice.
- But if they come to your dispensary, of course, they pay on the nail.
- No, at Michaelmas, that's the custom.
- But if they only come once, you're never going to see them again.
- Most of them, of course, only do come once.
- Really? Well, what about the regular patients?
- Well, the ones that you see two or three times a week, or well, at least two or three times a month.
- My dear, do you hear that? Patients who come calling like the butcher and the baker.
- My dear Dr. Knock, when you've had a little more experience...
- No, believe me, you'll find this the very best type of practice. It leaves you so free.
[...]
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