The employee scratched his head, and then followed.
Dim as the light was, Peter could discern that he was passing between two rows of cows, with not more than space enough for men to pass each other between the rows.

It was filthy, and very warm, and there was a peculiar smell in the air which Peter did not associate with a cow stable.

It was a kind of vapor which brought some suggestion to his mind, yet one he could not identify.

Presently he came upon the two men.
One had lighted a lantern and was examining a cow that lay on the ground.

That it was dead was plain.