You began to approach the woman from behind, getting up close to the point where if you breathed it would go down the back of her neck, before bringing a hand up around her mouth and then pulling it over her mouth, and simply whisper asking where the key to the vault door is.
The woman tried to scream, but it was muffled by your hand. Slowly, she moved her hand to her neck, and pull out a thin string tied around her neck. Tied to the string was the key.