- Cathy's gravely ill.
- Really?
- Didn't you know? It's a matter of days now. Perhaps hours.
9 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:42:18 in the radio play.
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- A staggering, broken fool, slowly drinking himself into the grave.
- Isabella learned the reason for her marriage to Heathcliff, but she was powerless to do anything.
- Isabella, go back where you belong, to Edgar's house.
- I know, but he needs you now.
- Really?
- Didn't you know? It's a matter of days now. Perhaps hours.
- If Cathy dies, I might begin to live.
- Ahhh. Begin to live? Ha! In this house with Heathcliff, nothing can live.
- So you think you'll begin to live, when Cathy dies? You won't.
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