("I was afraid you didn't want to see me")
And likely he doesn't. Anne sees
him, though, as she comes softly down the stairs, late though it is.
And it is very late.
For a moment, she stands, unsure whether to continue into the room, but in the end she takes a seat far away from Gilbert--yet angled so that she can look over at him, now and again.
It's possible she's doing more looking than working on the paper she has brought downstairs.
[OOC: Homeworking, so slow tags likely, and am also not on AIM as is distracting. But! *perseveres*]