- Then little by little, and year by year, I sunk lower and lower.
- Hmm, and you got badder and badder.
- That's right.
10 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:35:37 in the radio play.
Quote context
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- Get him? We had him. And the girl, too.
- You dinna suppose they'd head in somewhere, do you? Stop at a tavern, I mean.
- Hmm. They might, in this weather.
- There's a place about four miles back. King's Head Tavern it's called.
- That'd be somewhere near where they gave us the slip! Turn around. We'll find out.
- Right.
- And if we see 'em again, blast you, shoot straight.
- I will, all right. You can depend upon that.
- Then little by little, and year by year, I sunk lower and lower.
- Hmm, and you got badder and badder.
- You might have read about me in the papers. They call me Hannay, the Cornish Bluebeard.
- And that, me lady, is the 'orrible story of me life.
- Dear, dear. And you have such a nice face. How many people have you killed altogether?
- 9. And if you don't watch the point on that nail file, it may be 10! Ouch!
- At least I'm trying to do something.
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