And softly followed my servant, Ernest Defarge, upstairs into the room where I sat with my young wife.

8 seconds sound clip from the A Tale of Two Cities (1938) classic radio drama series episode.

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- He put his hand to the wound in his breast and with his forefinger drew a cross in the air.

- He stood for an instant with a finger yet raised, and as it dropped, he dropped with it, and I laid him down, dead.

- I returned to the bedside of the girl. The sound of her voice never ceased. She lingered on for a week. Then on the eighth day...

- At last she's dead?

- She is dead.

- I congratulate you, my brother.

- Five nights later, toward nine o'clock, a man in a black dress rang at my gate, demanded to see me...

- And softly followed my servant, Ernest Defarge, upstairs into the room where I sat with my young wife.

- An urgent case, doctor. Won't detain you long. I have a coach waiting.

- When I was clear of the house, a black muffler was drawn tightly over my mouth from behind, and my arms were pinioned.

- The two brothers crossed the road from a dark corner and identified me.

- Not a word was spoken.

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