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She... she can't be dying.

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

You can hear this line at 00:42:25 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- Fever, inflammation of the lungs, this intense cold and... and something else. I'd call it the will to die.

- If Cathy dies, I might begin to live.

- Ahhh. Begin to live? Ha! In this house with Heathcliff, nothing can live.

- No, nothing but hate.

- So you think you'll begin to live, when Cathy dies? You won't.

- Oh, what is it? This house! I can feel the hate within it, like a crushing weight.

- Of course you can.

[...]

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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