He was always in her antechamber. (She lay sick in the state bedroom, into which you entered by the little blue saloon.) His father was always meeting him there; or if he came down the corridor ever so quietly, his father's door was sure to open, and the hyena face of the old gentleman to glare out. 
He was always in her antechamber; if he came down the corridor ever so quietly, his father's door was sure to open, and the hyena face of the old gentleman glared out. 