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If he had been spirited away to some dreadful place, then the history of your father would have been the history of this unfortunate gentleman, the Doctor of Beauvais.

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:56.377 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The story relates to one of our customers.

- The story?

- Yes.

- One of our customers, a French gentleman, a scientific gentleman, a doctor.

- A doctor?

- Miss Manette, if your father had not died when he did...

- Don't be frightened, Miss.

- As I was saying, if Monsieur Manette had not died, if he had suddenly and silently disappeared...

- If he had been spirited away to some dreadful place, then the history of your father would have been the history of this unfortunate gentleman, the Doctor of Beauvais.

- I entreat you to tell me more, sir.

- I will, I'm going to.

- Can you bear it?

- I can bear anything but this uncertainty.

- Your father has been found in the house of an old servant in Paris. We're going there. He is alive.

- In the Quarter of Saint Antoine, in a narrow, mean street, full of offense and stench, peopled by rags and nightcaps and hunger, smelling of rags and nightcaps and hunger...

- We found the wine shop of Doctor Manette's old servant, Ernest Defarge.

[...]

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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