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Updated: May 18, 2025
The woodcut on p. 53 represents a very good example of a "Coffre-fort" in the South Kensington Collection. The decoration is bitten in with acids so as to present the appearance of its being damascened, and the complicated lock, shewn on the inside of the lid, is characteristic of these safeguards for valuable documents at a time when the modern burglar-proof safe had not been thought of.
"'Ow you say professionally?" "Yes." "But I 'ave not get ze tummy-ache not yet." "I don't care about you." "You want to look after your leetle friend, hein?" "Yes." She was unruffled even concerned to satisfy him. "Well, then, you be policeman. You sit 'ere. It is always better to watch ze thief than ze coffre-fort. You keep an eye on me and see I don't run away with 'im.
Another break in the dialogue, during which the eavesdropper heard an odd sound, a sort of muffled swishing ending in a slight thud, then the peculiar metallic whine of a combination dial rapidly manipulated, finally the dull clank of bolts falling back into their sockets. "Your coffre-fort what do you say? strong-box safe is cleverly concealed, Colonel Stanistreet."
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