I put a lot of old newspapers around the wood pile and doused the whole thing with kerosene.
6 seconds sound clip from the Consequence (1949) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:22:41 in the radio play.
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- Please stop griping! Oh, you've won! Now, give me the keys.
- Very well, but I wouldn't try any mad dashes if I were you.
- No, I don't suppose you would... alone.
- She went in, I took the keys, but first I went around back down the cellar.
- I put a lot of old newspapers around the wood pile and doused the whole thing with kerosene.
- And then I cut a stub of plumber's candle and set it on the papers and lit it.
- I knew just about how long it'd take the candle to burn down about 45 minutes...
- Then I went out and I got in Gwen's car, and I started on the mountain without light.
- At the drop above the lake, I put it in low and I cramped the wheels and I jumped out.
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