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- They asked the innkeeper about us.
- What did he say?
- Said he hadn't seen us.

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

You can hear this line at 00:45:44 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Why didn't you leave? You were very anxious to, if I remember correctly.

- Well, something happened last night that convinced me you've been telling the truth.

- May I ask what earthquake caused your mind to work at last?

- When I got free, I went downstairs. That car you said I imagined belonged to our pursuers. It was sitting downstairs when I got there.

- Did they see you?

- No, I hid behind the counter.

- They asked the innkeeper about us.

- What did he say?

- Said he hadn't seen us.

- Then they ordered something to eat, and while they were eating, they talked a lot about, er... Oh, about the Thirty-Nine Steps.

- Thirty-Nine Steps?

- Oh, don't ask me what it means, because I don't know.

- Anything else?

- Well, they said the Professor was clearing out of the country.

- Then he has got the secret!

- Did they say how soon he was leaving?

- No. But they did say that he was going to London first to pick up someone at a music hall.

- Thirty-Nine Steps... London music hall... It doesn't make any sense.

[...]

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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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