“Yes, and a big light-haired dog with an honest kind of a bark.”
“Who is that?”
“Captain Eversleigh, a land, not a sea captain.”
“Oh, that English officer. Marie told me about him. Who else is there?”
“A tall, thin giraffe of a boy called Maybury.”
“Dreadful! And the rest of the menagerie?”
“A very beautiful sleek creature with velvety eyes.”
“Man or woman?”
“Man. I think he’s like a panther.”
“Beware of his tricks, then.”