This is madness! It can't be done, it never can be done. It has been attempted. It has always failed.

— Charles Darnay (Edgar Barrier)

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

You can hear this line at 00:48:52.269 in the radio play.

Quote context

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- Take off these boots you wear and draw on mine. Here's a chair, now, hurry!

- Draw on these boots of mine, put your hands to them, put your will to them, quick!

- There's no escaping from this place. It can never be done. You'll only die with me. It's madness.

- It would be madness if I asked you to escape, but do I? Of course not.

- Change that cravat for this of mine.

- This is madness! It can't be done, it never can be done. It has been attempted. It has always failed.

- Do I ask you, dear Darnay, to pass the door? When I ask you that, then refuse me.

- There are pen and ink and paper on this table. Is your hand steady enough to write?

- Then write what I shall dictate.

- Quick, friend, quick! Write exactly as I speak.

- To whom do I address it?

- Do I date it?

- 'If you remember the words that passed between us long ago, you will understand this when you see it. You do remember them, I know. It is not in your nature to forget them.'

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