But feeling the rain upon his back and fearing the rising of the tempest, uplifted his axe and quickly made a hole in the plankings of the door for his gauntleted hand...
14 seconds sound clip from the The Fall of the House of Usher (Escape) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:23:23 in the radio play.
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- I presume it matters little which... Ah. Here. Here is a volume of the 'Mad Trist' by Canning.
- As you said, it matters little.
- I've always found the scene to be quite entertaining wherein Ethelred dreams of fighting a dragon.
- Now, let's see. Oh, yes. Here it is.
- Why, that's... that's strange. I fancied I just heard the very sound I read about.
- Let us say it was caused by the storm. Pray continue.
- Oh, yes, the storm. Of course.
- But Ethelred, upon entering the door, was amazed to perceive no sign of the evil hermit...
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