He walked toward a table where some books and newspapers lay in pleasant profusion.

He was standing there when Paul came into the room.

The prince glanced at Maggie.

He saw where his wife stood, but he did not look at her.
Steinmetz was writing something on half a sheet of notepaper, in pencil.
He pushed it across the table toward Paul, who drew it nearer to him.
"Are you armed ?" were the written words.
Paul crushed the paper in the hollow of his hand and threw it into the fire, where it burned away.

He also glanced at the clock.