I'm so sorry that I kept you waiting. But the moments fly by on silvery wings when one is lost in Tolstoy.

8 seconds sound clip from the The Moon's Our Home (1941) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:04:50 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- But I want to be aloof. I want to be mysterious.

- Don't try that. You're not Swedish.

- Now go get dressed and stop acting like an actress!

- But I am an actress. First an actress, then a woman. My art comes before anything else.

- Save that for the interview, Sarah Brown. This is me you're talking to, not your press agent.

- This is Miss Chester, Miss Manning.

- How do you do, Miss Chester?

- How do you do, Miss Manning?

- I'm so sorry that I kept you waiting. But the moments fly by on silvery wings when one is lost in Tolstoy.

- Oh? You're interested in literature?

- Interested? Oh, there's nothing I like better than to hide away by myself with a book... a good book. Oh! Well, you may write that down.

- Thank you. But, frankly, Miss Chester, I'd like to do an article closer to the hearts of our readers. Like, er, love... and marriage.

- Yes! That would be quite original. Love... and marriage. Let me see...

- Marriage should be like a ski jump. Sudden, swift, reckless. Starting on the heights, leaping into the void, never knowing the end, never caring! Breathless, defiant, exhilarating!

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