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Madame Defarge was still knitting.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:12.475 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Who was this? Was it you? Was it you? No, no, you're too young. It can't be. It can't be. You're too young, too young, too young.

- Mr. Lorry, Dr. Manette is, for all reasons, best out of Paris, best out of France.

- The next morning, we left for London.

- As we drove off, we left Monsieur and Madame Defarge standing on the doorstep, looking after us.

- There was that same look of secret, dangerous anger in their faces that I had seen before.

- Madame Defarge was still knitting.

- 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.

[...]

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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