I hope I may not repay him by doing him harm today.

— Lucie Manette (Mary Taylor)

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

You can hear this line at 00:20:47.359 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I thought I heard the prisoner say, there is a curse on our house. You have brought a curse on our house.

- The court is not interested in what you think you overheard.

- What conversation did you have with the prisoner?

- Soon after we started, he noticed that my father was very tired, and in a very weak state of health.

- The prisoner was very kind and useful to my father.

- I hope I may not repay him by doing him harm today.

- The prisoner's conversation, Miss Manette! What did the prisoner say to you?

- He told me that he was traveling on business of a delicate and difficult nature, which might get people into trouble, and that he was therefore traveling under an assumed name. He said that in England my father...

- Dr. Alexander Manette! Dr. Alexander Manette! Dr. Alexander Manette! Dr. Manette! Dr. Manette!

- Look upon the prisoner.

[...]

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