He leant his forehead on his hand, and people, looking in through the open door, --for this scene is supposed to take place on a summer's evening--But how dull this is, this historical fiction!

At first Snowball seemed disoriented when she looked around, but she didn' t try to uncover the chick. Instead, she flew up to her nor-mal perch and stayed there.

They look in at the door.

They might say, "Uh-huh, Uh-huh, uh-huh" or look at their watch or scan the surroundings or fidget.

However, when I looked around, the guard, now joined by a mate, was stomping towards me.