So they obeyed the keeper cheerfully, and gazed at the house, feeling only a natural curiosity.

Everything associated with the history of David was interesting to them.
The building was low and narrow, projecting but a little from the rock to which it was joined at the rear, and wholly without a window.

In its blank front there was a door, swung on enormous hinges, and thickly daubed with ochreous clay.

While the wooden bolt of the lock was being pushed back, the women were assisted from their pillions.

Upon the opening of the door, the keeper called out, "Come in!" The guests entered, and stared about them.