My apprehensions, rather than my caution, kept me mute.

I shrunk to the wall, and waited in a kind of agony for the moment that should decide my fate.
The lady was again roused.

In answer to her inquiries, her husband said that some one, he believed, was at the door, but there was no danger of their entering, for he had locked it, and the key was in his pocket.
My courage was completely annihilated by this piece of intelligence.

My resources were now at an end.

I could only remain in this spot till the morning light, which could be at no great distance, should discover me.
My inexperience disabled me from estimating all the perils of my situation.