They were nearly empty, with the stateroom doors all closed.

They we down a side passage, turned into another, stopped at closed stateroom door.

The Shadow, just within the stateroom door, heard their footsteps.

Another man was listening to the noises that came through the stateroom door.

The stateroom door opened, and he put down his pen.

Out of courtesy, he tapped on the stateroom door, but there was no response.

The only way to learn the answer to that question was to get out past that stateroom door.

With his hand on the stateroom door, he stopped.

Woods thought he heard a noise and turned toward the stateroom door.

He headed for the stateroom door, and everyone stepped back to give him plenty of room.