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- Don't be alarmed, Mr. Lorry. Don't be alarmed, I'm quite sober.
- Sidney Carton!

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

You can hear this line at 00:45:55.507 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The writing is the writing of Dr. Manette: 'I, Alexandre Manette...' Let it be read! 'I, Alexandre Manette, unfortunate physician, write this melancholy paper in my doleful cell in the Bastille. Hope has quite departed from my...'

- 'I, Alexandre Manette, unhappy prisoner, do this last night of the year, Seventeen Sixty-Seven...'

- 'In my unbearable agony, denounce to the times when all those things shall be answered for. I denounce them to Heaven and earth.'

- Death! Death! Death!

- All day, tumbrils go through the streets, feeding the guillotine, and at its foot, splashed with blood, sit the women knitting late into the night, counting dropping heads.

- Don't be alarmed, Mr. Lorry. Don't be alarmed, I'm quite sober.

- Sidney Carton!

- Now, listen carefully to what I have to say. Don't waste time asking questions.

- First, Mr. Lorry, here is the certificate which enables me to pass out of the city. You see? 'Sidney Carton, an Englishman.' -Yes?

- Yes.

- Keep it for me until tomorrow. I have arranged to see Charles Darnay in prison in the morning, and I had better not take it with me, do you understand?

- Why not?

- I prefer not to do so.

- Now, take this paper. It's a certificate enabling Dr. Manette and his daughter and her child, at any time, to pass the barrier on the frontier, you see?

- Yes, but they're... It shall be done.

[...]

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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