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Were glowing in the unnatural light of a faintly luminous and clearly visible phosphorescence which hung like a shroud about the mansion itself.

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

You can hear this line at 00:22:10 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Wait, wait, I'll throw open the casement window! There! Look!

- It was, indeed, a tempestuous yet sternly beautiful night, and one wildly singular in its terror and in its beauty.

- The exceeding density of the clouds, which hung so low as to press upon the turrets of the house, did not prevent our perceiving the velocity with which they flew careening from all points against one another.

- We had no glimpse of the moon or stars...

- But, terrible to behold, the under-surfaces of the huge cloud masses, as well as all terrestrial objects immediately around us...

- Were glowing in the unnatural light of a faintly luminous and clearly visible phosphorescence which hung like a shroud about the mansion itself.

- You see, my friend. Tonight, the thing grows bold, gathers strength from the storm and from the dead souls eaten.

- No! No, you must not look at this! Here, I shall close this window and pull these curtains.

- And now, candlelight. Such darkness is the very mother of evil fear.

- There. Now, come. Sit here. Suppose I read aloud from some book or another.

- Mm, as you wish.

- I presume it matters little which... Ah. Here. Here is a volume of the 'Mad Trist' by Canning.

[...]

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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