Having found the place with some difficulty, she went into the doorway, looked up the dirty stairs, and after standing still for a minute, suddenly dived into the street and walked away as rapidly as she had come. This manoeuvre she repeated several times to the great amusement of a black-eyed, young gentleman standing by the window of a building across the street.
why did Jo(she) looked up the dirty stairs and dived back into the streets
Chapter name:Secrets​