He never leaves the laboratory. He only comes in and picks at his food.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Well, are we or are we not invited for dinner?
- I can't rightly say, sir. Several days.
- I've hardly seen him for some time.
- He never leaves the laboratory. He only comes in and picks at his food.
- But he did tell me about dinner tonight, sir. And left those instructions.
- What does it say? What's wrong?
- George merely says that if he's not here by 8:00 then we're to begin without him.
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