And you let them go after hearing what they said? Oh, you button-headed little idiot, you!
6 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:46:16 in the radio play.
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- Oh, don't ask me what it means, because I don't know.
- Well, they said the Professor was clearing out of the country.
- 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.
- Which room are these men in?
- When?
- Oh, about four or five hours ago.
- And you let them go after hearing what they said? Oh, you button-headed little idiot, you!
- Don't you speak to me like that!
- My dear girl, I'm accused of murder. The only way I can clear myself is to expose those spies.
- Why don't you go to Scotland Yard?
- What's the use? You said yourself that no one would believe me.
- Well, then why don't I go to Scotland Yard?
- Why not? They'd listen to you.
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