As we approached it I heard the sharp rattling of a chain, and the sound as of a large animal moving about.
"'Look in here!' said Mr.Rucastle, showing me a slit between two planks.

'Is he not a beauty ?' "I looked through and was conscious of two glowing eyes, and of a vague figure huddled up in the darkness.
"'Don't be frightened,' said my employer, laughing at the start which I had given.

'It's only Carlo, my mastiff.

I call him mine, but really old Toller, my groom, is the only man who can do anything with him.

We feed him once a day, and not too much then, so that he is always as keen as mustard.