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An inconspicuous little figure, he waited his opportunity; then, when the hall porter was out of sight, and the floor of the elevator disappeared in its ascent, he slipped in out of the murky daylight, and ran up the stairs.
Though it was morning, the lights were on; but they were low-powered, and it was gloomy and full of shadows on the stairs.