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- Michaelmas 1919. And the books look very well indeed.
- Michaelmas 1919?
- Yes, you see the people here only pay their bills every Michaelmas, every 29th of September.

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

You can hear this line at 00:03:51.889 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- If you're a weakly child, you die in the first six months, before the doctor has time to do much for you. If you survive the first six months, well, you take a lot of killing.

- Apoplexies, bad hearts, oh yes, people who are certain there's nothing the matter with them just fall down dead when they're fifty.

- But you've not made your fortune by writing death certificates.

- Ha, ha, ha, no, of course not.

- Well, there's always influenza. Not the common influenza, of course, but they rather like a touch of that now and again. They think a good septic cold once a year keeps them from catching all sorts of other things.

- 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?

- Oh yes...

- Michaelmas 1919. And the books look very well indeed.

- Michaelmas 1919?

- 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.

- They pay at Michaelmas.

- Most of them, of course, only do come once.

- Really? Well, what about the regular patients?

- Regular patients?

- Well, the ones that you see two or three times a week, or well, at least two or three times a month.

[...]

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Dr Knock (1954) Sound Clip

Dr KnockEnjoy Robert Morley's performance in the 1954 Theatre Royal radio play of Jules Romain's 'Dr Knock', and explore standout quotes on our website.

Actors: Robert Morley (Dr Knock), Sir Ralph Richardson (Host)

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