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And so, as I held his letter in my hand, not yet opening it, I reflected with no little sadness upon the devious fates that chart our courses and drive old friends away from one another.

14 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the House of Usher (Escape) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:01:59 in the radio play.

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- Tonight, we escape to a gloom-shrouded moor and a house where dread holds sway as Edgar Allan Poe recounts it in his famous story, 'The Fall of the House of Usher.

- It is with some regret - but I believe advisable - that I identify myself only as a friend of Roderick Usher.

- Certainly the last and perhaps the only friend of that unhappy man.

- Having only one sister, he was the last male descendant of the ancient House of Usher.

- Roderick had been one of my boon companions in boyhood, but many years had elapsed now since our last meeting.

- And so, as I held his letter in my hand, not yet opening it, I reflected with no little sadness upon the devious fates that chart our courses and drive old friends away from one another.

- But then a sudden feverish and nostalgic curiosity laid hold of me...

- And, with fingers made clumsy by their eagerness, I tore open the letter and read...

- My dear friend, my need of you has so far outgrown my pride, that I'm going to request a favor which I realize full well may involve considerable inconvenience to yourself.

- For some time past, I have been suffering from an acute bodily illness... Illness intensified by serious mental oppression, if I may so call it.

- A horror which looms over me, a horror grown so great, I dare no longer face it alone.

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The Fall of the House of Usher (Escape) Sound Clip

The Fall of the House of Usher (Escape)Quotes with audio samples from The Fall of the House of Usher - Escape Radio Show episode closely adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of horror, aired on 22 October 1947.

Actors: Paul Frees (The Narrator), Ramsey Hill, (Roderick Usher), Sheridan Hall (The Physician)

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