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- At last it has come.
- Yes, our day has come.

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

You can hear this line at 00:36:22.493 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- For you and for any dear to you, I would do anything. Remember sometimes. Remember that there is a man who would give his life to keep a life you love beside you.

- Goodbye, Lucie. Goodbye.

- Paris, 1789, July 14. In the quarter of San Antoine, something is happening.

- In the narrow mean street, smelling of rags and nightcaps and hunger, all night crowds have been stirring.

- Soon after dawn, Madame Defarge puts down her knitting.

- At last it has come.

- Yes, our day has come.

- Saint Antoine had been, that morning, a vast dusky mass of scarecrows heaving to and fro, with gleams of light above the billowy heads, where steel blades and bayonets shine in the sun.

- Now the mass begins to move.

- Patriots and friends, we are ready! To the Bastille!

- The living sea rises, wave on wave, depth on depth, overflowing the city.

- After two hours, a white flag from within the fortress.

- The sea rises wider and higher over the lower drawbridge, past the massive stone outer walls, in among the eight great towers surrendered.

[...]

A Tale of Two Cities (1938) Sound Clip

A Tale of Two Cities book coverListen to memorable quotes of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities", as brought to life by Orson Welles in this rare 1938 Mercury Theatre radio play, featuring sound clips.

Actors: Orson Welles (Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette), Edgar Barrier (Charles Darnay), Betty Garde (Madame Defarge), Mary Taylor (Lucie Manette), Martin Gabel (Jarvis Lorry)

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