Flashpoint (2013)
“Her key went into the lock and turned for a certain distance, then it stuck, and no effort of hers would rotate it far enough to free the catch. Young Willoughby, who arrived shortly afterwards, was unable to do much better.
Willoughby said, “If I use much more force I’ll snap the key. There’s something in the lock. It’s not dirt. It’s something hard.”
At this point Jonas arrived. He examined the lock and sent Deborah out to fetch the ironmonger from his shop at the other end of Coalporter Stre...et. The ironmonger arrived with a probe and a length of wire and after a few minutes of fiddling extracted the fragment of metal that was jamming the lock and got the door open.
“Stone the crows,” he said. “Someone’s been having a party, no error.”
The outer office was a sea of papers. Filing cabinets had been opened, and the contents strewn over the floor. The mess in the other rooms was worse. Every drawer in Jonas’ desk had been emptied by the simple process of pulling it out and upending it.MoreLess
Willoughby said, “If I use much more force I’ll snap the key. There’s something in the lock. It’s not dirt. It’s something hard.”
At this point Jonas arrived. He examined the lock and sent Deborah out to fetch the ironmonger from his shop at the other end of Coalporter Stre...et. The ironmonger arrived with a probe and a length of wire and after a few minutes of fiddling extracted the fragment of metal that was jamming the lock and got the door open.
“Stone the crows,” he said. “Someone’s been having a party, no error.”
The outer office was a sea of papers. Filing cabinets had been opened, and the contents strewn over the floor. The mess in the other rooms was worse. Every drawer in Jonas’ desk had been emptied by the simple process of pulling it out and upending it.MoreLess
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