"You still up ?" She hesitated.

Then she stood on one side, still grasping the handle of the door.
"Do you want to come in ?" she asked.

"You may.

I have something to say to you.

Perhaps I shall sleep better if I say it now." He stepped quickly past her.
"Close the door," he whispered cautiously.
She obeyed him deliberately.
"There is no hurry," she said.