At right angles to the face of the wing she had emerged from, and within a few feet of the door, jutted out another wing of the mansion, lower and with less architectural character.

Immediately opposite to her, in the wall of this wing, was a large broad window, having its blind drawn down, and illuminated by a light in the room it screened.
On the blind was a shadow from somebody close inside it--a person in profile.

The profile was unmistakably that of Stephen.

It was just possible to see that his arms were uplifted, and that his hands held an article of some kind.

Then another shadow appeared--also in profile--and came close to him.