It was unlocked.

If Jimmy were there, he probably would be lying across the bed in his clothing, and Dannie knew that Mary was in town.

He made a light, and cautiously entered the sleeping room, intending to undress and cover Jimmy, but Jimmy was not there.
Dannie's mouth fell open.

He put out the light, and stood on the back steps.

The frost had settled in a silver sheen over the roofs of the barns and the sheds, and a scum of ice had frozen over a tub of drippings at the well.