Livingston
I beg your pardon. I hope you won’t mind our being interested in what you were saying; but we were wondering about the animal ourselves.
(Hood looks at Bess quickly not knowing what Livingston is driving at.)
Professor
(Brightening)
Indeed? I’m afraid our young friend is a bit irreverent.
Livingston
May I ask what is known of its domestic habits?
Professor
It was hardly a domestic animal. Its family life probably extended only during the infancy of its young.