"No, it wasn't a man."
"Then maybe it was a shark." This from Dorothy. "I'd hate to see a shark; it would scare me to death."
"It wasn't a shark."
"Then perhaps it was only a porpoise. They do come in quite near sometimes," Jennie ventured this.
"No, it was nothing of a fishy nature."
"Then we can't guess. Tell us, Ben," Edna begged.
"All give it up?"
"Yes, yes, yes."
"It was a—" he paused and looked impressively at each one, "a—I hardly know how to describe it, [104]for it seemed to be amphibious, having once lived on land, and yet I doubt if it will live there ever again."
"Do you mean it will never be on land again?" Dorothy asked.