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Paul found no one in the hall of the house where Adrea lived to take him to her, so after waiting a few minutes for her maid, whom the porter had twice fruitlessly summoned, he ascended the stairs alone, and knocked at the door of her rooms.
At first there was no reply. He tried again a little louder, and this time there was a sound of some one stirring within.