She was not one I had noticed before.

I asked if I could see Mrs.Chester, and she said she would go and look for her.

There were chairs in the hall, and I might have waited for her there, but I did not.

I entered the parlor, and was pleased to find it unoccupied.

I went to the upper end of the room, as far as possible from the door.
In a few minutes I heard a step in the hall.