He did so.

Before him was the open door of a farm-house from which the light streamed hospitably.

It was still drizzling, and Neil took shelter on the porch unchallenged; now that the abductors had got him some five miles from Centerport, they were not so attentive.

The others came up the steps and the carriage was led away toward the barn.
"If your Excellency will have the kindness to enter the house," said Baker, with low obeisance, "he will find accommodations which, while far from befitting your Excellency's dignity, are, unfortunately, the best at our command." Neil accepted the invitation silently, and entering the doorway, found himself in a well-lighted room wherein a table was set for supper.

The others followed, Cowan grinning from ear to ear in anticipation of the victim's discomfiture.