The crowd pushed and shoved, but made no progress.
"Open that door," cried Paul.
"Try it yourself," answered a voice up front.

"It's locked!" A murmur arose that quickly gave place to cries of wrath and indignation.

"The sophs did it!" "Where are they ?" "Break the door down!" Those at the rear heaved and pushed.
"Stop shoving, back there!" yelled those in front.

"You're squashing us flat." "Everybody away from the door!" shouted Neil.

"Let's see if we can't get it open." The fellows finally fell back to some extent, and Neil, Paul, and some of the others examined the lock.