At last it was happily effected, and the door was cautiously opened.
Emerging as I did from utter darkness, the light admitted into three windows produced, to my eyes, a considerable illumination.

Objects which, on my first entrance into this apartment, were invisible, were now clearly discerned.

The bed was shrouded by curtains, yet I shrunk back into my covert, fearful of being seen.

To facilitate my escape, I put off my shoes.

My mind was so full of objects of more urgent moment, that the propriety of taking them along with me never occurred.