Mr. Galpin put the watch in his waistcoat-pocket, and, tearing the hundred-pound note in two halves, placed one half in the left breast pocket of his coat, and the other half in the right breast pocket of his coat.
'Could you have opened that vault,' Hugo asked, 'if both keys had been lost?'
'No, sir, I could not. It's such people as you who are ruining my profession, sir.'
'You think the vault is impregnable?'
'Yes, sir,' said Mr. Galpin. 'I should say its name was just about as near being Gibraltar as makes no matter.'
'I was only wondering,' Hugo mused aloud, 'only wondering.... Ah, well, I won't trouble you with my fancies.'
'As you wish, sir. Good-bye.'
'Good-bye, Mr. Galpin. And thank you!'
'Thank you, sir,' said Mr. Galpin, and disappeared.
'Simon,' Hugo ordered immediately afterwards, handing Simon the token, 'run down and get me the best gold watch in the place.'