There was a house near by, and several others down the road toward the village; but David had had all the experience he wanted that night with strange houses, and strange women.

There was a barn, a big one, which was nearest of all; and it was toward this barn that David finally turned his father's steps.
"We'll go there, daddy, if we can get in," he proposed softly.

"And we'll stay all night and rest.".