Continuing down the path, Gaunt saw a broken down door. Within it he spotted... One of the people that had been in the room with him? And there were others there as well.

(Did they follow me after all? By why would they have ended up somewhere else)

He decided the questions didn't matter at the present moment and put on as pleasant a face as he could manage, which in truth could be fantastically welcoming. He called out:

"Hello in there! You should really come out and see! I think you'll be quite amazed!"