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She felt in her pocket for her skeleton keys , for she had not been unprepared for just such an emergency , but the Sparrow brushed her aside . `` Leave it to me ! '' he said quickly . `` I 'll pick that lock like one o'clock ! It wo n't take me more 'n a minute . '' Rhoda Gray did not stand and watch him . Minutes were priceless things , and she could put the minute he asked for to better advantage than by idling it away .