I will see about your getting some more creatures.

But the first thing is to get this room cleaned up, and I'm sure you won't want to give us so much trouble again." Fred glanced at the places where his most cherished treasures had been stored.

His rare oleander-worms and his priceless beetles all were destroyed.

The drawers all opened, the creatures all killed and spoiled.
He went down stairs again, but he could not go back to the others and have them ask him why he had been sent for.

He went out into the garden, and down to the seat under the lindens by the river.