When his signal remained unanswered a second time he called her by name, and she heard him coming up.
“Anna!” he repeated.
“Yes?”
He was startled to hear her voice so close to the door. In the dark she heard him fumbling for the knob. He happened on the padlock instead, and he laughed a little. By that she knew that he was not quite sober.
“Locked you in, has he?”
“What do you want?”
“Has Herman come home yet?”
“He doesn't get home until seven.”
“Hasn't he been back at all, to-night?”
She hesitated.