CHAPTER V.
Unorna passed through a corridor which was, indeed, only a long balcony covered in with arches and closed with windows against the outer air.
At the farther end three steps descended to a dark door, through the thickness of a massive wall, showing that at this point Unorna's house had at some former time been joined with another building beyond, with which it thus formed one habitation.

Unorna paused, holding the key as though hesitating whether she should put it into the lock.

It was evident that much depended upon her decision, for her face expressed the anxiety she felt.

Once she turned away, as though to abandon her intention, hesitated, and then, with an impatient frown, opened the door and went in.

She passed through a small, well-lighted vestibule and entered the room beyond.
The apartment was furnished with luxury, but a stranger would have received an oddly disquieting impression of the whole at a first glance.
There was everything in the place which is considered necessary for a bedroom, and everything was perfect of its kind, spotless and dustless, and carefully arranged in order.