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You misunderstood her. She meant for you to kill me, not to bring me information.

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

You can hear this line at 00:22:48 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh. Did she tell you what this foreign agent looked like?

- No, she hadn't time. She...

- Oh. Oh, yes, there was... There was one thing.

- She told me the top of his little finger is missing.

- On which hand?

- On the left, I believe.

- Are you sure it wasn't on the right?

- It might have been.

- Like on my hand?

- Good Lord. Then you're...? You're the one she...?

- The one she was trying to warn you against. The chief.

- You misunderstood her. She meant for you to kill me, not to bring me information.

- Yes. Well, what are we going to do about it?

- Ah, that's just the point. What are we going to do?

- You see, I live here as a respectable citizen. I should hate to have it known that I am not what I seem to be.

- You understand my position?

- Oh, yes. Quite.

- What makes it doubly important that I shouldn't let you go is that I am just about to transfer some very vital information out of the country.

- What?

- Oh, yes. I've got it already.

[...]

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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