- And what was in the box?
- I don't know. But whatever it was, I reckon it's better at the bottom of the bog.
- Why do you say that?
- It's my idea there was something in that box which wasn't quite right.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Mummy (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:22:10.800 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm not going to have my throat cut by no lunatic. Not for all the relics in Egypt.
- Take care, Jim. You'll have me in too if you're not careful.
- Oh, it's hopeless. Parts of this bog are next to bottomless. We'll never find it.
- Now, for some particulars, if you don't mind.
- First, what was on the cart?
- A great, ruddy box. We was taking it to the house up the ways there.
- I don't know. But whatever it was, I reckon it's better at the bottom of the bog.
- It's my idea there was something in that box which wasn't quite right.
- I see. Now, where do you say you was taking the box?
- Up the ways there. A big house, set back, he said.
- Oh. Morning, sir. You was expecting this box?
- Yes, I was. I engaged this man and his companion to transport it from the station.
- I see. Well, hard luck, isn't it? I mean, losing it like this.
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