The door was opened in utter silence, not even a creak, and it wasn't as dark as it first seemed given the light in the hallway: there was a candle in the room on a desk, and there was a man at the desk, writing something, facing the opposite way from the door (which was good, as he didn't seem to spot the light).  The desk was near to a large chest, and in fact the room seemed to be lined with them.  As it was, she seemed to not have been spotted...