"Did he name the dog?"
Tobias passed his hand across his brow several times, and then his countenance suddenly brightening up, he said—
"Hector! Yes, Hector!"
Colonel Jeffery nodded.
"What then happened, Tobias?" said Minna.
"Why, I think Todd sent me out upon some message, and when I came back the gentleman was gone, but not the dog."
"Now, Tobias, can you tell us what sort of a man the man with the dog was?"
"Yes, fresh-coloured, and good-looking rather, with hair that curled. I should know him again."
"Ah, Tobias," said the colonel, "I am afraid we shall none of us ever see him again in this world."
"Never!" said Tobias. "Todd killed him. How he did it, or what he did with the body, I know not; but he did kill him, and many more, I am certain as that I am now here. Many people came into the shop that never left it again."