He heard again the sound of cautious knocking.
Next moment a broad band of light fell into the night through the opened door.

Byrne stepped eagerly into it, whereupon the person outside leaped with a stifled cry away into the night.

An exclamation of surprise was heard too, from within.

Byrne, flinging himself against the half closed door, forced his way in against some considerable resistance.
A miserable candle, a mere rushlight, burned at the end of a long deal table.

And in its light Byrne saw, staggering yet, the girl he had driven from the door.