What on earth happened? I didn't want the confounded lamp upset. I'd have been burnt myself.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:05:09 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Everyone accused Fotheringay of a silly trick, and blamed him for causing a disturbance.

- They said it was nothing to be proud of, and despite his perplexity, he was rather inclined to agree with them.

- In fact, he was virtually asked to leave the premises, which he did.

- As he went home, he nervously watched the street lamps as he passed them...

- And it was only when he found himself sitting in his little bedroom in church row that he was able to grapple seriously with his memories of the occurrence.

- What on earth happened? I didn't want the confounded lamp upset. I'd have been burnt myself.

- Wait a minute. Perhaps I did want it to turn upside down. After all, I told it to do so.

- Perhaps just then, when I said it, I did will it to turn upside down, without realising.

- After all, while it hung there, upside down in mid-air, still burning, with a flame pointing downwards, I felt somehow that it depended on me to keep it there, without falling.

- Perhaps it was my willpower that did it, after all. Well, I wonder if I can do it again.

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