My senses were still bound to this object.

I gazed at the door in momentary expectation that the assault would be made.

The pause continued.

The person without was irresolute and motionless.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that Carwin might conceive me to have fled.
That I had not betaken myself to flight was, indeed, the least probable of all conclusions.

In this persuasion he must have been confirmed on finding the lower door unfastened, and the chamber door locked.