Then, one evening, we were sitting in the vaulted studio while the first shadows of night began to flow together into pools of darkness.

— The Narrator (Paul Frees)

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:17 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Might I inquire the nature of this illness?

- As to that, I am unable to say.

- You imply, then, that I have no right to the information?

- Not at all.

- I am confessing to you quite simply, sir, I do not know what afflicts Madeline and Roderick Usher.

- And so a week passed. A week in which the sullen, leaden skies darkened into deeper oppressiveness - in which Roderick's deathly pallor and creeping mental dissolution grew more apparent.

- A week in which the monstrous atmosphere of this ancient mausoleum began to crawl insidiously within my own consciousness, stirring into life a formless, unknown dread.

- Then, one evening, we were sitting in the vaulted studio while the first shadows of night began to flow together into pools of darkness.

- He had been unusually troubled during the day and had been trying to find some solace by playing on the violin.

- Of a sudden, there came a knock upon the door.

- Stop it! Stop that infernal pounding, do you hear? Do you wish to drive me completely mad? Open the door and come in! Come in!

- It's the doctor.

- Well? What is it? What do you want?

- Master Usher, I regret that I must say this, but it is my sad duty to inform you that your sister Madeline is no longer living.

[...]

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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