Owing to the insertion overnight-by a mischievous undergraduate or other sympathiser with the day's heroine-of some obstacle in the keyhole, the door could not be opened, and the lock had to be forced, which delayed the proceedings for an hour.
"Trial-of-Mary-Blandy"
Roughead, William
A man of no friends, Drennen had no sympathiser.
"Wolf Breed"
Jackson Gregory