Yet no one had called to her--even HE had said nothing.

Whatever had happened they clearly had not cared for her to know.
The jarring and rattling ceased as suddenly, but the house seemed silent and empty.

She moved to the door, which had now swung open a few inches, but to her astonishment it was fixed in that position, and she could not pass.

As yet she had been free from any personal fear, and even now it was with a half smile at her imprisonment in the major's study, that she rang the bell and turned to the window.

A man, whom she recognized as one of the ranch laborers, was standing a hundred feet away in the garden, looking curiously at the house.