It rose and cruised over the lighthouse once, and then headed down the winding creek where Rhayader's sail was slanting in the gaining breeze, and flew above him in slow, wide circles.
13 seconds sound clip from the The Snow Goose (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:19:43 in the radio play.
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- It was night now, bright with moon fragment and stars and northern glow.
- Frith stood on the seawall and watched the sail gliding down the swollen estuary.
- Princess! Oh, princess, watch over him. Watch over him.
- Fine.
- Hey, look at that one. A ruddy great bird flying into all that muck and stink. Look at it.
- What is it? A swan or something?
- No, it's a ruddy goose. Here, look at it, circling round like it was a dive bomber.
- I'll tell you what we're done for. It's the angel of death had to pick us up.
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