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- At last she's dead?
- She is dead.
- I congratulate you, my brother.

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:04.154 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Marquis of St. Evrémonde, in the days when all these things are to be answered for, I summon you and yours to the last of your bad race to answer for them.

- I mark this cross of blood upon you as a sign that I do it.

- 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.

[...]

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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