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| 1 | 474 | View more quotes about perhaps">Perhaps a second person might have managed something but my hands were so closely pinioned that I could scarcely angle a pin into a lock, let alone address one directly, and the nail file was too short, as I could hold it, to do more than rest on the metal, and my fingers were too weak to exert more than a modicum of pressure on the steel. |
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| 1 | 471 | I rose, and hurried to my vanity, and flung open a drawer, and rummaged about. |
| 1 | 472 | There were straight pins and safety pins, a small nail file, hairpins, bobby pins. |
| 1 | 473 | An hour later I was sick with frustration. |
| 1 | 474 | Perhaps a second person might have managed something but my hands were so closely pinioned that I could scarcely angle a pin into a lock, let alone address one directly, and the nail file was too short, as I could hold it, to do more than rest on the metal, and my fingers were too weak to exert more than a modicum of pressure on the steel. |
| 1 | 475 | I looked at the phone. |
| 1 | 476 | Perhaps a locksmith could be relied upon for discretion, though I doubted it. |
| 1 | 477 | A locksmith might or might not possess a suitable key or keys for opening the cuff locks, but he might have, at least, tools, a file or hacksaw, which might eventually free me from the restraints. |