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- If he's found guilty, you mean?
- Oh, they'll find him guilty. Don't be afraid of that.

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

You can hear this line at 00:18:00.976 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The next night, we were in Calais. There, we boarded the packet, and after a rough voyage, reached England in safety.

- I was to be reminded of that voyage.

- Five years later, a trial was held at the Old Bailey, at which I was summoned to appear, in company with Miss Lucy Manette and Dr. Alexander Manette, all three of us, as witnesses for the Crown.

- What's coming now?

- The Treason case.

- The quartering one?

- Ah! He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged. Then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face. Then his head will be chopped off, he'll be cut in quarters. That's the sentence.

- If he's found guilty, you mean?

- Oh, they'll find him guilty. Don't be afraid of that.

- The prisoner was brought in. A young gentleman of about 25, well-grown and well-looking.

- He was very pale. For a moment, his eyes turned to where we sat. Then the indictment was read.

- You, Charles Darnay, are a false traitor to our serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, our Lord the King, by reason of your having on divers' occasions, by divers' means and ways...

- Assisted Lewis, the French King, in his wars against our serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, King George.

- That is to say, by coming and going between the dominions of our said serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, and those that said French Lewis, and wickedly, falsely, traitorously...

[...]

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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