The molten rock cooled.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Time Machine (1960) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:44:02 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Then mother earth, aroused by man's violence, responded with volcanic violence of her own.
- Only my speed through time saved me from being roasted alive and encased in stone forever.
- Darkness. Darkness for centuries.
- I put my trust in time and waited for the rock to wear down around me.
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