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You'd understand if you really knew what my life was before. It was like the moors, endless and desolate. And I was lost in them, calling for someone in the darkness to save me and nobody answered.

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

You can hear this line at 00:28:19 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- And I was glad, for day by day, the strange influence that Heathcliff had had upon Cathy wore off and she was happy with Edgar.

- Why can't you remain here, forever, Cathy?

- Oh, Edgar, you and your sister, you've been too kind to me already.

- If I can make you happy by just by being kind, that should be enough for me. After all, what else can I give you?

- What else? You've given me a great deal else. You've given me your own self, your strength.

- My strength?

- You'd understand if you really knew what my life was before. It was like the moors, endless and desolate. And I was lost in them, calling for someone in the darkness to save me and nobody answered.

- I couldn't even see the trace of a path. I was so frightened, so terribly alone and...

- And suddenly you were there, Edgar. You held out your hand and led me back to a way of living I thought I'd lost forever.

- What you said long ago is true. There was a curse on me. It kept me from being myself... or, at least, what I wanted to be. And that kept me from living in - heaven.

- There, do you understand now?

- Cathy, my darling. Let me take care of you forever. Let me guard you and love you always.

[...]

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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