In not telling you before, he only meant to spare you pain.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:24:58 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Just before she died, she whispered a name: Sebastian. Sebastian. Sebastian.
- Better, thank you. Dr. Leon is staying with him.
- I have come to ask you to please believe him. He has told you the truth.
- Has he?
- Yes.
- In not telling you before, he only meant to spare you pain.
- He is a good man, a kind and gentle man, and I know that he adored your sister.
- One day, while Nicholas was playing in the lower corridor...
[...]
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Memorable quotes from The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story of the same name).
Actors: Vincent Price (Nicholas Medina, Sebastian Medina), John Kerr (Francis Barnard), Barbara Steele (Elizabeth), Luana Anders (Catherine Medina), Antony Carbone (Doctor Leon)
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