human
There is a second door to this room?
gpt
No, said Maitre Voigt.
human
Guess again.
gpt
There is a window?
human
Nothing of the sort. The window has been bricked up. The only way in, is the way by that door. Do you give it up? cried Maitre Voigt, in high triumph.
gpt
Listen, my good fellow, and tell me if you hear nothing inside?
human
I know! he exclaimed.
gpt
I heard of this when I was apprenticed here at the watchmaker's. Perrin Brothers have finished their famous clock-lock at last--and you have got it?
human
Bravo! said Maitre Voigt.
gpt
The clock-lock it is! There, my son! There you have one more of what the good people of this town call, 'Daddy Voigt's follies.' With all my heart! Let those laugh who win. No thief can steal _my_ keys. No burglar can pick _my_ lock. No power on earth, short of a battering-ram or a barrel of gunpowder, can move that door, till my little sentinel inside--my worthy friend who goes 'Tick, Tick,' as I tell him--says, 'Open!' The big door obeys the little Tick, Tick, and the little Tick, Tick, obeys _me_. That! cried Daddy Voigt, snapping his fingers,
human
May I see it in action? asked Obenreizer.
gpt
Pardon my curiosity, dear sir! You know that I was once a tolerable worker in the clock trade.
human
Certainly you shall see it in action, said Maitre Voigt.
gpt
What is the time now? One minute to eight. Watch, and in one minute you will see the door open of itself.