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

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

You can hear this line at 00:16:35 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Even he might steal the body of my beloved sister. And he might learn our secret.

- You understand, don't you, my friend?

- Yes... Yes. I understand.

- And so it came about, near midnight.

- 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.

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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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