For, as we now approached the ditch and rode along it, I could see that it was nearly full.
7 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:08:34 in the radio play.
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- The defenses Leiningen had devised were quite impressive.
- Surrounding three sides of the plantation like a huge horseshoe was a ditch, twelve feet wide.
- For, as we now approached the ditch and rode along it, I could see that it was nearly full.
- How do you like my first line of defense, Commissioner?
- It's... reassuring, like a moat around a castle.
- Unless the ants know how to build rafts, they won't reach the plantation.
- This is only the outer moat. There's a better one than this.
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