SERGEANT. If I find him now, after all the trouble you've given me, you know what'll happen. There's likely to be two dead men and a woman, instead of only the Yankee.
DICK [bounding into the room]. Sergeant!
SERGEANT. What is it? [DICK hurries to the SERGEANT and says something in a low voice to him. Satisfaction shows on the latter's face.]
SERGEANT. Now my good people, how did that horse get here?
THADDEUS. What horse?
DICK. There's a horse in the barn with a saddle on his back. I swear he's been ridden lately.
THADDEUS [amazed]. There is?
SERGEANT. You know it. [To MARY.] Come, woman, who drove that horse here?
MARY [silent for a moment—her eyes on the floor]. I don't know. I didn't hear nothin'.
THADDEUS [moving in the direction of the door back]. Let me go an' see.