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Before their blood runs into the blood spilled yesterday, the blood that is to mingle with theirs tomorrow is already set apart.

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

You can hear this line at 00:47:57.413 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Change the course or delay for any reason, and no life can possibly be saved.

- Many lives dear to us must inevitably be sacrificed.

- I will remember them.

- I hope to do my part faithfully.

- Yes, yes. And I hope to do mine.

- In the black prison of the Conciergerie, the doomed of the day await their fate. They are fifty-two.

- Even before their cells are quit of them, new occupants have been appointed.

- Before their blood runs into the blood spilled yesterday, the blood that is to mingle with theirs tomorrow is already set apart.

- Is this the one?

- Yes, this is the one. Go you in alone. I wait outside. Lose no time.

- Good day, Mr. Darnay.

- Carton. Once more we meet.

- Are you a prisoner, too?

- No, I happen to be possessed of a power over one of your keepers here.

- I come from your wife. I bring you a request from her.

- What is it?

- A most secret, earnest, pressing entreaty.

- No time to ask me why I bring it or what it means, I have no time to tell you. You must comply with it.

[...]

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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