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Over here, my friend, on these trestles. Now, a trifle higher with the head... There.

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

You can hear this line at 00:16:57 in the radio play.

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[...]

- We two alone made our way to an upper chamber of the house.

- And, taking up the black coffin between us in the shuddering light of candles, we walked the tortuous passageways...

- Slowly descended the curving stairs of stone, passed beneath the moldy level of the earth...

- Forced open the massive and aged, rusted door of iron...

- And stood at last with our ghastly burden in a subterranean, dank and musty crypt - underneath the House of Usher.

- Over here, my friend, on these trestles. Now, a trifle higher with the head... There.

- Oh, may you sleep in peace and dream, sweet sister, from I who tread the same path soft behind you.

- Come, Roderick. The thing is done.

- Oh, wait. Stay a moment. We've not yet to fix the coffin lid. See? I've left it loose so it can be turned back.

- No. I beg you.

- I'll ask farewell, no more.

[...]

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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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