- May I ask what it's for?
- Pastime.
- Not for use?
- That depends. I may find a use for it one day, who knows. If I do, well, I'll use it.
15 seconds sound clip from the A Tale of Two Cities (1938) classic radio drama series episode.
You can hear this line at 00:30:30.680 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- The years pass. In the quarter of Saint Antoine, in the wine shop in the narrow mean streets...
- Little groups of men gather to talk, and scatter quickly when a stranger enters.
- Madame Defarge still works at her knitting.
- You knit with great skill, Madame Defarge.
- Strange, too. It looks like many names knitted there, but that can't be.
- Pastime.
- That depends. I may find a use for it one day, who knows. If I do, well, I'll use it.
- I have news that may interest you.
- Yes?
- I perceive you know the name.
- Yes.
- His daughter, Miss Manette, is going to be married in England.
- There is a curious thing about this marriage.
- Yes?
- Miss Manette, daughter of Dr. Alexander Manette, is going to marry the Marquis de Saint Evrémonde.
[...]
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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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