I thought the crate was gone for good.
2 seconds sound clip from the The Mummy (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:58:49.792 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Well, and then there was all this yelling coming from the nuthouse.
- There wasn't a hope of saving it, not a hope.
- Ah, it was nasty business all round. Very scarifying, it was.
- Thank you. Give him another, will you?
- I thought the crate was gone for good.
- Well, parts of the bog are next to bottomless, you understand, sir.
- Well, I was going up to see this man...
- Well, it's funny, that one, sir.
- Here's this crate come thousands of miles from Egypt. Then to lose it practically on his doorstep.
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