All right, very well then. I'm just a plain, common murderer who stabbed an innocent, defenceless woman in the back in Portland Place, London.
9 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:30:34 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Why don't you give yourself up?
- To whom?
- Oh, give yourself up to Scotland Yard.
- Thank you, but it's a little impractical at the moment.
- Listen to me. I told you the truth on the train and I'm telling it to you now.
- There's a dangerous conspiracy against this country and I'm the only man who can stop it.
- And you're manacled to a murderer who would stop at nothing to get you off his hands.
- If that's the story you prefer, have it, my lovely, and welcome.
- Well, I'm not afraid of you.
- Why not? For all you know, I murdered a woman.
- You listen to a bit of advice. From now on, you do everything I tell you to do and do it quickly.
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