Your aunt has been looking for you; you had better go to her now.

I will close the room and lock the door.

Meantime, I should advise you not to sit so near an open window with a candle at night in this locality.

Even if it might not be dangerous for you, it might be fatal to the foolish creatures it might attract." He took the key from the door as he held it open for her to pass out.
She uttered a shrill little laugh, like a nervous, mischievous child, and, slipping out of her previous artificial attitude as if it had been a mantle, ran out of the room..