"'Pull de string,' sez a weak voice, en w'en Pete lif de latch en went in, de cunjuh man was layin' on de bed, lookin' pale en weak, lack he did n' hab much longer fer ter lib.

We stepped out; three of the females, with the baby, stepped in; the remainder went into the next pew; and after condensing our nerve power, we settled down in the corner from which we had been disturbed, quietly lifting one hand over the door and latching it firmly at the same moment, our idea being than an environment of five females, with a baby thrown into the bargain, was quite enough for the remainder of the morning.

The cellar door indeed, which latched imperfectly, stood open.

He was in a cage with a fail-safe door; the kind that are hinged at the bottomif they aren't positively latched shut, they fall open so you'll know to latch them."

Victor followed her closely, softly latching the door behind him.