"Anything the matter, Murray?"
"Yes, sir; there's something very much the matter, indeed."
"What is it?"
"We can't get any of the doors of the night-cells open."
"You can't get--what?"
"There seems to be something the matter with the locks."
"The locks? All of them? Absurd!"
"Well, there they are, and there's the men inside of them, and we can't get 'em out--at least I've tried my hand, and I know I can't."
"I'll come with you at once, and see what you mean."
Mr. Paley was as good as his word. He started off just as he was. As they were going, the chief warder made another remark.