With her ears focused on the front of the house, she could just barely make out the sound of the doorknob turning slowly. When the door was pushed open carefully and there was no hint of a squeak, she grew worried. Whoever the intruder was, it was someone who had been in the house enough times to know about Augustus" unconventional alarm. Members of the Resistance were ruled out. As much as he refused to go into specific details about his connection with the Resistance, she knew Augustus well enough to know he would never be foolish enough to entertain them in his home. Based on the footsteps she heard treading across the rug in the front room, she knew that, inside at least, she was only dealing with one intruder. One intruder who had been inside the house more than once.