“I was always certain he had been sent away. His behavior when he left, and that of Lerne when he came back from Germany, made me feel sure of it.”
“Has he a family?”
“I think he is an orphan, and a bachelor.”
“How long did Macbeth remain in the laboratory?”
“About three weeks or a month.”
“Was his hair always fair, before this happened?” I asked, still riding my hobby-horse.
She said, “Certainly, what an idea!”
“And what did they do with Nell?”
“The day after the quarrel, I heard her howling loudly, no doubt because they had separated her from her master.
“According to your uncle, whom I asked about it, she was with other dogs, in a kennel. ‘Her right place,’ added Lerne. She got out of it the other night—perhaps you heard her.