The darkness reanimated his hope.
"She's going to come....

She will come at any moment." Again he arose cautiously, noiselessly, going on tiptoe.

He must overcome any possible difficulty at the entrance.

He put the door slightly ajar so as to avoid the swinging noise of the door-fastening.
A chair in the frame of the doorway easily held it unlatched.
He got up several times more, arranging things to his satisfaction and then threw himself upon the bed, disposed to keep his watch all night, if it was necessary.

He did not wish to sleep.