Fifty-two next year? Well, my friend, well, well. You can work today as usual, that won't hurt you, but go to bed early.

— Dr Knock (Robert Morley)

50 years oldagingbirthdaysjules romainsrobert morley

10 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:09:17.292 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Show me the exact spot. There or there? Quite so, between the two.

- Where my finger is now? Hurts you when I press it? So?

- Yes, it sort of hurts.

- Ah.

- You feel it more than usual after you've been eating venison? You do, don't you? I don't eat venison, but if I did, I believe I would.

- Ah, now we're getting at it. That's most important.

- How old are you?

- Fifty-one. Fifty-two next year.

- Fifty-two next year? Well, my friend, well, well. You can work today as usual, that won't hurt you, but go to bed early.

- Tomorrow, stop in bed. I'll come and see you. I shan't charge you anything, but don't go telling people that, mind.

- Oh, thank you, Doctor. Thank you. But is it something serious?

- No, no, no, we won't call it serious. Yet. We're taking it in time, just in time, though.

- As you'll be working today, you can take a little soup. Tomorrow, we'll see what we can really cut you off. Till then, good luck.

- But my dear sir, as a schoolmaster of this town, you really ought to face up to your responsibilities. Teaching people here the laws of health...

[...]

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