- Oh, my gracious. Why?
- Because the trouble that's been going on for 40 years can't be cured in five minutes.
7 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.
You can hear this line at 00:16:39.837 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Bend over, will you please? Breathe. Breathe. Cough. Cough again.
- Did you ever fall off a ladder when you were young?
- Ever feel a pain here at night when you're getting into bed? A sort of cramp?
- Of course, you realise what's wrong with you.
- No.
- That's just as well, perhaps.
- Now, you want to be cured, or you don't want to be cured?
- Let me warn you at once, this will be a very long and a very costly business.
- Because the trouble that's been going on for 40 years can't be cured in five minutes.
- But what's it going to cost me?
- What's a yearling calf worth now, and a pig for killing? Two of them.
- Oh, what a thing to happen to me.
- Would you sooner try lords? I say nothing against it.
- That costs a lot, too, and it's never sure.
- How can I have got all that, the matter, with me?
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