To think of my mentioning that to you young people!" And he rose and walked about the room in considerable agitation and vexation.

"Curse the Gabriel hounds! It is the first time I have spoken of them since that awful night; it is the last I ever will speak of them.

What they are, God, who made them, knows.

Only I pray I may never hear them again, nor any friend of mine." Next morning Jael Dence came up to the hall, and almost the first question Grace asked her was, whether she had ever heard of the Gabriel hounds.
Jael looked rather puzzled.

Grace described them after Mr.Raby.
"Why, that will be Gabble Retchet," said Jael.