Stranger Danger?

I found it so interesting that in these passages, we seem to know the strangers well AND they are not always too friendly. Old Hurricane was a stormy old man in fact he was "arrogant, domineering and violent-equally loved and feared by his faithful old family servants at home" (151) his demeanor caused for a respect of him and a fear of getting on his bad side. Old Hurricane even had a sister who was "unaided, unsought and uncared for by her cruel brother" (152). He was not a friendly man but we see this selfish and cruel man become a friendly stranger to some. We see him engaging in the story that Nancy Grewell tells him on her deathbed and even "dispatched Mrs. Condiment with a carriage filled with provisions for the sick woman" and he even volunteered himself to go find Capitola. We see Old Hurricane's compassion as his eyes first fall on the "boy" that is Capitola "It is probable Old Hurricane did not hear this irreverent speech, for he continued to gaze with pity and dismay upon the ragamuffin before him"(169).We see for the first time Hurricane's soft side and this is when my opinion of Old Hurricane begins to change. He even offers this "boy" a job. He is the friendly stranger that takes Capitola in and provides for her, even though she doesn't appreciate it. Old Hurricane's compassion is again displayed when Herbert Greyson explained his friends situation and Hurricane offers to take them in, however once he finds out just who it is we see his stormy side again. We also see the danger side of strangers when we see the people who kidnapped Nancy Grewell at gunpoint and also because of Hurricane's stormy side, he could be seen as a dangerous stranger as well. Which is so different and new from the other domestic novels we've read!