======o===/===== This is a map of the entrance hall gallery
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== * * * * == @ - you are here
o SSSSS@ o = - wall
= * S * = o - closed door
= * s * = / - ajar door
= * * = * - balcony rail
o * * o S - stairway
= * * = D - front door
= * * = G - guard asleep on chair
==== *==D==*====
OK folks, here is a map of the scene. You can head for the door in front of you or the door to the right and get there just in time to be hidden.
Let me know if anything's not clear. BTW the voices are coming from beyond the half open door and the approaching party are seconds away from the front door...