The stranger never got a chance to back out gracefully.

Yet, she wondered, how did a stranger get to know who was whom in a foreign town?

Perhaps some stranger got an eyeful, but I think not.

Twenty or thirty minutes went by, after which the two strangers got up and left.

The strangers were getting nearer, and he wanted to hear what they would say.

Now it seems that total strangers get together after a few meetings.

She would not let this stranger get near her.

Then the stranger got up and said to the house: "I find it late.

How the stranger had got into the fort she could not guess.

Not that strangers ever get past the Border, but you're right.