I think I have seen the great chain which bound the dog.

Was that the place where they kept the horse?
"And, if so, what bonds are used for the man?
And what sort of man can he be?
One of gigantic size, no doubt, to mate his horse and his dog.

A fierce and intractable nature, for otherwise Kate Cumberland could not dread him.

And yet a man of singular values, for all this place seems to wait for his return.

I catch the fire of expectancy.