"Let's do it then." They were around the back side so he didn't wait to see if she'd follow and headed back to the front. Once there he tossed the butt of the Silk Cut to the side and went right up to the front door.
"Least it's not a windin' stair." Just a few cement stairs to the doorway and nothing like the winding stairs and parlors from the poem. He put his hand on the handle and grinned slightly. "Ladies first."