She tried to rise, but on account of her bonds was powerless to do so.

Speech was prevented by the cloth which closed her lips tightly.

After a time she began to grasp the meaning of the muttered words that passed between the men.
"You got the rig in all right, Bill--you're sure that no one heard or saw you ?" were the first questions she could make out, evidently arising from a previous report or explanation.
"Sure.

Everybody in these parts goes to bed at sundown.

They ain't got nothing to do but sleep up 'ere." "Nobody knows we had that feller's sleigh an' horses out--nobody ever will know," said the big man, evidently the leader.