Sir Dav. But didst thou meet never a white thing upon the stairs?
Ver. No, sir, not I; but methoughts I saw our great dog Towzer, with his brass collar on, stand at the cellar-door as I came along the old entry.
Sir Dav. It could never be: Towzer has a chain; had this thing a chain on?
Ver. No, sir, no chain, but it had Towzer's eyes for all the world.
Sir Dav. What, ugly, great, frightful eyes?
Ver. Ay, ay, huge saucer eyes, but mightily like Towzer's.
Sir Dav. O Lord! O Lord! hark! hark!
Ver. What? what I beseech you, sir?
Sir Dav. What's that upon the stairs? Didst thou hear nothing? Hist, hark, pat, pat, pat, hark, hey!
Ver. Hear nothing! where, sir?