And so I am driven, as before, to accept the chance of her returning--a chance which I fear I am or may be unable to control.
Surely enough Aunt Janet did come in the morning, early.

I was still asleep when she knocked at my door.

With that purely physical subconsciousness which comes with habit I must have realized the cause of the sound, for I woke fully conscious of the fact that Aunt Janet had knocked and was waiting to come in.

I jumped from bed, and back again when I had unlocked the door.

When Aunt Janet came in she noticed the cold of the room.
"Save us, laddie, but ye'll get your death o' cold in this room." Then, as she looked round and noticed the ashes of the extinct fire in the grate: "Eh, but ye're no that daft after a'; ye've had the sense to light yer fire.