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

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

You can hear this line at 00:47:24.973 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- And then... the moment I come to you, take me in and drive me away. Do you understand that?

- I understand that, whatever happens, I am to wait for you.

- You have my certificate in your hand with the rest. The instant my place is occupied, you start for England.

- Promise me solemnly that nothing will make you alter the course on which we now stand pledged to each other!

- Nothing, Carton.

- Remember these words tomorrow, remember them!

- 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.

[...]

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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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