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A PAVED passage led from the house into the Bank. It was small and insignificant enough compared with its important brethren of London or Cork or Dublin. Behind the counter was the clerk's desk, and beyond that the manager's room, in which stood the safe secured to the floor.
Mr. Callaghan put down the candle he carried on the table, and then lit the gas. Outside the rain beat against the window, which was protected by iron bars.