After this, she re-packed her clothes, and sitting down again tried to remember all that had happened.
There was something puzzling about the adventure.

To begin with, she could not see why the man had come to her room and what he expected to get.

A clever thief would have gone to Farnam's office.

Then she thought he was not a coward; he had given way because he was cool enough to see that he was in her power and resistance would lead to his getting shot.
Yet he had seemed to shrink when he heard her voice.

She reflected with faint amusement that her voice was not harsh, and she had studied its control as part of her training when she began to teach.