I jest thought 'twas queer, if you'd got hold of anybody's secrets, that you should be asking where they lived, straight out and open in the street like this." His words suggested to her only the idle fancies of prejudice.

Some other people drew near, and, dropping her veil, she was starting in the direction in which he pointed when he spoke again in a more determined voice.

"You jest tell me one thing, will you ?" He even laid his hand upon her bridle with authority, "Are ye going to stop at Rigdons' all night ?" "No." "Sartin ?" When he received her reply he let go the bridle, saying in warning tones, "Well, see that ye don't do it, that's all." The incident left a disagreeable impression on Susannah's, mind, but she did not attach any distinct meaning to it.
Rigdon and his wife were both within.

Rigdon locked the door when Susannah had entered.

Then with crossed arms, standing where he could watch against intruders from the window, he began to tell her news of import.