As she had spoken of her "abode," I knew there was some definitive objective of her flight.
It was no use wondering.

I was so entirely ignorant of her surroundings that I had not even a starting-place for speculation.

So I went in, leaving the window open.

It seemed that this being so made one barrier the less between us.

I gathered the cushions and rugs from before the fire, which was no longer leaping, but burning with a steady glow, and put them back in their places.