By the time the harbor police reached the plane wreckage, I was gone, of course, in the launch I had waiting.
4 seconds sound clip from the Gilda (1946) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:47:41.119 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I didn't intend to come back so soon, but I want my wife.
- You thought I died that night, didn't you?
- I'd murdered a man and thought it simpler to disappear for a while. That's all.
- I had neither the time nor the inclination for an emotional scene at the moment.
- You didn't see me parachute out, did you?
- You weren't seeing very clearly that night anyway, were you, Johnny?
- Emotion is so apt to cloud the brain, isn't it?
- I told you I'd be looking...
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