Sentence:  The neighborhood, to our ears, seemed haunted by approaching footsteps; and what between the dead body of the captain on the parlor floor, and the thought of that detestable blind beggar <WSD>hovering</WSD> near at hand, and ready to return, there were moments when, as the saying goes, I jumped in my skin for terror. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.