"If the safe has a simple lock we may still have time."
The source of the floral bouquet was a small wooden door with a simple lock on it.
None of the two dozen he could find fit the simple lock.
The simpler locks came off quickly, and special devices were brought to remove the massive door.
Five minutes of silence assured him there was no one moving around on the bottom floor, and he picked the simple lock with minimal noise.
A final kick managed to crack the linchpin of the simple lock.
The back door's simple lock turned and then opened, and Eddie moved inside, shutting the door behind him.
"These rooms have simple locks that anyone could break," he said.
He'd found a large leather-bound chest and sprung the simple lock.
I forced the simple lock open and pushed the wire lattice up.