It means taking off the lock again, putting on the light, measuring the meal. It's too much trouble. Once I close, I close.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Leopard Man (1943) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:08:56.992 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Now, you will not come in again, not till you bring the cornmeal with you.
- It is Teresa, senora. Teresa Delgado.
- I just want a sack of cornmeal, for my father's supper.
- It will only take a second. Please. Or I must go clear across the arroyo to the big grocery.
- You've seen them before. I couldn't chase you away from the counter when you were a little girl.
- Every day you'd seen them, and you've forgotten them?
- Oh, now I remember, my little Teresita. Now I remember the little girl who was afraid of the dark.
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