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Of course you're as vain as a peacock and I couldn't stand you for any length of time, but... you're not so bad.

8 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:47:45 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, that's exactly what they said.

- I don't know what to make of it.

- I think you've been tricked.

- Well, it certainly is all very bewildering.

- Oh, I'm sorry, really I am. Look, I think you better go now.

- Ah... Go where?

- Oh, any place. Leave the country.

- I'll help you.

- You?

- Oh, I know it sounds funny, but somehow I couldn't bear the thought of them catching you again.

- Why, Pamela?

- Oh, I don't know. I guess I've just changed my mind about you, that's all.

- Of course you're as vain as a peacock and I couldn't stand you for any length of time, but... you're not so bad.

- Well, you're not so bad either. If I weren't in this jam, I'd...

- What?

- Nothing.

- Come on, let's get out of here.

- No, no, you'd better stay. I'll run and get you a ticket for Liverpool. There ought to be a boat travelling soon.

- Well, what's the matter? What are you staring at?

- Look out the window. Do you see that billboard across the street?

- Yes. Is there anything strange about it?

[...]

The 39 Steps (1937) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsQuotes with sound clips from the old-time radio play "The 39 Steps" (1937), based on John Buchan's novel, first aired on December 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Robert Montgomery (Richard Hannay), Ida Lupino (Pamela Stuart), Isabel Jewel (Annabella Smith), Gene Lockhart (Mr. Memory), Leonard Mudie (Professor Bartlett),

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