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- Do you believe this of me, Miss Manette?
- I do.
- And this, too, believe.

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

You can hear this line at 00:35:32.120 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- In my degradation, I've not been so degraded, but the sight of you with your father and of this house has stirred old shadows that I thought had died out of me.

- A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.

- Will nothing of it remain?

- No, Miss Manette, no.

- No, I shall never be better than I am. I'm like one who died young. All my life might have been.

- Don't be afraid. I'll never refer to this again, only in the hour of my death I shall hold sacred this one good remembrance that my last avowal of myself was made to you, and that my name and faults, and miseries were gently carried in your heart.

- Do you believe this of me, Miss Manette?

- I do.

- And this, too, believe.

- 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.

[...]

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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