That would arouse her, because he knew that she slept lightly in these times, when her son was off to the wars.

But the window was not raised, and he could hear no sound of movement in the room.
Alarmed, he went back to the front door, and he noticed that while the door was locked the keyhole was empty.

Then his mother was gone away.
The sign was almost infallible.

Had any one been at home the key would have been on the inside.
His heart grew lighter.

There had been no violence.