The Welshman admitted several ladies and gentlemen, among them the Widow Douglas, and noticed that groups of citizens were climbing up the hill--to stare at the stile.

So the news had spread.

The Welshman had to tell the story of the night to the visitors.

The widow's gratitude for her preservation was outspoken.
"Don't say a word about it, madam.

There's another that you're more beholden to than you are to me and my boys, maybe, but he don't allow me to tell his name.