This part is an instruction which is directed at Connie to leave her life as she knew it and make a fresh start. To leave her home-town and all its bad memories and begin anew. The stranger in this case is Arnold, who shows up announced and ravages her life. He is “..The vagabond who’s rapping at her door..” The part In the story where this is revealed, is when Arnold shows up at Connie’s doorstep, unannounced, under the pretext of wanting to take her out for a ride. He then scares her through his conduct, to a point where she threatens him with the arrival of her father. He tells her that her father will not be coming, which makes her more terrified, as she slowly gets further into the house and away from him. She tells him to go, which he
