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- Well?
- It shall be done.

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

You can hear this line at 00:46:40.587 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Keep it for me until tomorrow. I have arranged to see Charles Darnay in prison in the morning, and I had better not take it with me, do you understand?

- Why not?

- I prefer not to do so.

- Now, take this paper. It's a certificate enabling Dr. Manette and his daughter and her child, at any time, to pass the barrier on the frontier, you see?

- Yes, but they're... It shall be done.

- You can buy the means of traveling to the coast as quickly as the journey can be made.

- Do you have money? Order your horses to be ready at two in the afternoon.

- Well?

- It shall be done.

- 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.

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

- Do you think she'll consent?

- I believe so.

- Have all these arrangements made in the courtyard and... here, even to the taking of your own seat in the carriage...

- And then... the moment I come to you, take me in and drive me away. Do you understand that?

[...]

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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