I have brought up two thin saws and an auger, and thought to cut round it; but there is a plate of iron outside." "And there is one inside too, Pierre.

How about the hinges, Pierre ?" "There is no doing anything with them, master.

The ironwork goes right across the door.

There is nothing for it, but to cut right round the iron plate." "That won't take very long, if the saws are good, Pierre." Philip heard a rasping sound and, in a short time, the auger passed through the woodwork.

Two other holes adjoining the first were soon made, and then the end of a saw was pushed through.
"If you can make a hole large enough at the bottom of the plate, Pierre, and pass me the other saw through, I can work that way to meet you." "It would take too long to make, sir.