Carefully, so as not to make noise, he stole to the peep-hole and applied his eye.
He saw a gleam of light on shiny waxed floor, and then, moving to get the limit of his narrow vision, he descried Swann, evidently just arrived.

With him was Gail Williams, a slip of a child not over fifteen--looking up at him as if excited and pleased.

Next Lane espied his sister Lorna with a tall, well-built man.

Although his back was toward Lane, he could not mistake the soldierly bearing of Captain Vane Thesel! Lorna looked perturbed and sulky, and once, turning her face toward Swann, she seemed resentful.

Captain Thesel had his hand at her elbow and appeared to be talking earnestly.
Lane left his post, taking care to make no noise.