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Isabella learned the reason for her marriage to Heathcliff, but she was powerless to do anything.

8 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:41:55 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- We pause now for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.

- In the crumbling house on Wuthering Heights, a hundred years ago, the candle burns low in the dreary guest room.

- There's no sound but the wind outside and the hushed voice of the old maidservant as she tells her story.

- It was then that Isabella Linton came into this house as a bride. Yes, Heathcliff married her out of revenge. The same revenge that made him keep Hindley here...

- 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.

- Then, one day, Dr. Kenneth, an old friend, came to see her. He had come that morning from Linton Manor.

- Isabella, go back where you belong, to Edgar's house.

- Edgar disowned me.

- I know, but he needs you now.

- Cathy's gravely ill.

- Really?

- Didn't you know? It's a matter of days now. Perhaps hours.

- She... she can't be dying.

[...]

Wuthering Heights (1939) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsMemorable quotes from Emily Brontë's novel, featuring sound clips from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast version first aired on September 18, 1939 on CBS.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Cathy), Ida Lupino (Isabella Linton), Brian Aherne (Heathcliff), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Edgar Linton), Kemball Cooper (Hindley), Marga Ann Deighton (Ellen)

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