Can you identify him as your fellow passenger aboard the packet ship, or recall his conversation with your daughter?

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

You can hear this line at 00:21:41.345 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

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

- Look upon the prisoner.

- As the old man looked at Darnay, his face for an instant became frozen, as it were.

- It was a curious look, very intent, deepening into a frown of dislike and distrust, not even unmixed with fear. It passed so quickly that few could have noticed it.

- Have you ever seen this prisoner before?

- Once. Once when he called on us at my lodgings some three years ago.

- Can you identify him as your fellow passenger aboard the packet ship, or recall his conversation with your daughter?

- Sir, I can do neither.

- Is there any particular and special reason for your being unable to do either?

- There is.

- Has it been your misfortune to undergo a long imprisonment without trial in your native country?

- A long imprisonment.

- Were you newly released on that occasion?

- They tell me so.

- Have you no remembrance of the occasion?

- None. None. My mind is a blank.

[...]

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