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GUILLOTINE - Sound Effect (3)

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

You can hear this line at 00:53:49.668 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Twenty!

(CROWD CHEERS THEN FALLS SILENT) (3)

- Keep your eyes upon me, dear child. Keep your eyes on me. Mind nothing else.

- I'll mind nothing while I hold your hand. I shall mind nothing when I let it go, if they are quick.

- They'll be quick. Never fear.

(GUILLOTINE) (3)

- Twenty-one!

(CROWD CHEERS THEN FALLS SILENT) (4)

- Is the moment come?

- Yes.

- May I kiss you now?

- I'm so afraid.

- My child, there's nothing to fear.

- I see these men around me, long ranks of the new oppressors who have risen on the destruction of the old, perishing by this same instrument of retribution, before it shall cease out of its present use.

[...]

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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