I'm afraid poor Annabella would have been too late in any case.

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

You can hear this line at 00:23:22 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- I'm afraid poor Annabella would have been too late in any case.

- Well. That's that, I suppose.

- Yes.

- Well? What about it?

- What about what?

- Yourself.

- It seems to me there's only one way out.

- And what's that?

- I've a small revolver here. Pretty little thing, isn't it? Supposing I left you alone with this?

- The newspapers could then announce tomorrow morning that the murderer had taken his own life.

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