He is not here either at present.

But he is coming.

And I will shoot any man who tries to force his way in first." "Damnation!" growled the shaggy-faced one and wheeled upon his comrades.
"What do you say to that, boys?
Going to let a woman run this show ?" A chorus of curses answered him, but still no one raised a revolver against the slender figure that opposed them.

Only, after a moment, a cur in the background picked up a stone and flung it.

It struck the doorpost, narrowly missing her shoulder.