from previous--

she  was  all  alone  at  home,  she  had  left  the  main door   ajar  for  the  old  servant  gone  shopping, she  was   looking  for  her  book, the  shelf  was  full of  them , she  heard  someone   approaching, his  silent  style  of   echoing  footsteps    in the  distant passages gave  her  goose  pimples, who  could  be  this  coming  she  thought  frightened  , she  did  not  like  mysteries, she  did  not  like  suspense  in real  life,  was  it  hashim who  liked  to   give  her  a  fright  of  her  life  by   hiding  himself  and  then suddenly  showing  up