I'm waiting for that crowd to clear off the platform. I sort of wanted to sneak into New York quietly just for a change.

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

You can hear this line at 00:10:09 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Come in!

- Hello, Anthony. Welcome to New York.

- Hello, Holbrook. Nice of you to meet me.

- How are things in the publishing world?

- Just marking time till the next Amber ton bestseller.

- Where's your luggage?

- Oh, the porter took it.

- I'm waiting for that crowd to clear off the platform. I sort of wanted to sneak into New York quietly just for a change.

- Oh, but, Anthony, that crowd isn't here...

- Yeah, don't tell me about crowds. It's been that way all across the continent.

- You know, it's a funny thing, isn't it? If I were still Samuel Smith, heir to the Smith Plumbing Supplies, they wouldn't even notice me.

- But now that I'm Anthony Amber ton, the boy explorer... Well, just look out there! Look at...

- Anthony, I, uh... I'm afraid your devoted publisher is your only crowd.

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