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Right? Emigrants have no rights.

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

You can hear this line at 00:39:48.644 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I beg you, Monsieur, heretofore the Marquis, to come to my rescue and release me. I pray you, be true to me, your poor servant.

- Yes, Darnay.

- I have the answer to that letter.

- So soon?

- It is to a prisoner in the La Force Prison in Paris.

- And what is the message?

- Simply that he has received the letter and will come.

- Three days later, a few leagues out of Calais, on the Paris road, Charles Darnay was arrested.

- Citizen, I beg you to observe that I came here of my own free will, in answer to that written appeal that lies before you. Is that not my right?

- Right? Emigrants have no rights.

- You're consigned, Evrémonde, to the Prison of La Conciergerie.

- Just Heaven! Under what law? For what offense?

- We have new laws, Aristocrat, and new offenses since you were here.

- News reached London through a secret agent of Tellson's Bank that Charles Darnay was in prison, in danger of death.

- Three days later we were in Paris... Lucie with her child and Dr. Manette.

- Come in.

- Good evening, Citizen. Do you know me?

- I've seen you somewhere.

- Perhaps at my wine-shop.

[...]

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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