Poor devil, I'll bet he was still conscious when it happened.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Abominable Dr. Phibes movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:02 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Frawley.
- Oh, he was a nice man. Good to me, he was, in his own sort of way.
- Yeah. You were his... housekeeper?
- Whoever did it must have been a real pro. He's as dry as a bone.
- Poor devil, I'll bet he was still conscious when it happened.
- Do you think it can be the same...?
- Ah, this is the object in question, sir.
- Oh, dear me, you've broken it.
[...]