Individual rooms were placed behind each other, one after another, between a front and rear door, giving rise to the description that a bullet fired from a gun at a home's front door would be able to travel straight through to the back door without hitting anything in between.
Individual rooms were arranged sequentially, one after another, between a front and rear door, resulting in the description that a bullet fired from a gun at a home's front door would be able to travel straight through to the back door without hitting anything in between.