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A Tale of Two Cities (1938) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 38

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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371 Soon after we started, he noticed that my father was very tired, and in a very weak state of health.

372 Still hard at work, I see. -Yes. Yes, I'm working.

373 Take off these boots you wear and draw on mine. Here's a chair, now, hurry!

374 Take up the pen and finish. Hurry. Hurry!

375 Tell her it was her husband's last wish.

376 Tell Lucie tonight, for the sake of her child and her father... tell her and press upon her the necessity of leaving Paris with them and with you at that hour.

377 That coach brought me here to the Bastille. It brought me to my grave.

— Sydney Carton, Doctor Manette (Orson Welles)

378 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...

379 That is very much to be regretted. You might have used your talents better.

— Charles Darnay (Edgar Barrier)

380 That this correspondence with our national enemy is not a correspondence of today, nor of yesterday, nor even of last year, or the year before that. That as long as five years ago...

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