Directly "Mr. Sanrack" came in he would spring upon him and get the handcuffs fast, then he could throw open the front door, if there had been time for anyone to Reclose it, and summon assistance with his whistle.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
What easier than for one of them to enter the outer door, strike a light, open the inner one and flash this light up through the house till steps or voices warned her of an aroused family, when she had only to Reclose the inside door, put out the light and escape by the outer one.
"The Mayor's Wife"
Anna Katherine Green
106 Spring may give leaves, can spring Reclose the core?
"The Poetical Works of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart. M.P."
Edward Bulwer Lytton