You, Charles Darnay, are a false traitor to our serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, our Lord the King, by reason of your having on divers' occasions, by divers' means and ways...

8 seconds sound clip from the A Tale of Two Cities (1938) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:18:22.818 in the radio play.

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[...]

- What's coming now?

- The Treason case.

- The quartering one?

- Ah! He'll be drawn on a hurdle to be half hanged. Then he'll be taken down and sliced before his own face. Then his head will be chopped off, he'll be cut in quarters. That's the sentence.

- If he's found guilty, you mean?

- Oh, they'll find him guilty. Don't be afraid of that.

- The prisoner was brought in. A young gentleman of about 25, well-grown and well-looking.

- He was very pale. For a moment, his eyes turned to where we sat. Then the indictment was read.

- You, Charles Darnay, are a false traitor to our serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, our Lord the King, by reason of your having on divers' occasions, by divers' means and ways...

- Assisted Lewis, the French King, in his wars against our serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, King George.

- That is to say, by coming and going between the dominions of our said serene, illustrious, excellent Prince, and those that said French Lewis, and wickedly, falsely, traitorously...

- You plead guilty or not guilty?

- Not guilty.

- I shall now prove, my Lord, to the satisfaction of yourself in this jury, that the prisoner Charles Darnay, though young in years, is old in these treasonous practices which today claim forfeit of his life.

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