Carter stopped musing, as he saw a woman, who had hurried around the corner, enter the tenement.
Instantly he started toward the house, and went in.
The woman was halfway up the stairs.
CHAPTER X.
LENA’S STORY.
Carter had entered the lower hall of the house without making any noise.
The woman’s attention was not attracted toward him, so he stood back in the shadow and watched her.
She reached the landing, and, stopping in front of the door of the back room, she inserted a key in the lock, opened the door and went in.
Nick knocked on the door of the room.
The woman opened the door.
“What do you want?” she demanded, in surprise.