An instant later, and the house door was softly unfastened.

I turned the handle noiselessly and peeped out.

There, in her pink dinner toilet, jewels and all, was Miss Dane, stealing upstairs, and following her, this wretched, ragged creature, Miriam." "Well ?" said the doctor.
"Well, I followed.

They entered Miss Dane's chamber and closed the door.
The temptation was strong, the spirit willing, and the flesh weak.

I crouched at the key-hole and listened.