He spoke in a whisper--you know his way?
--'Ovid, do you like Doctor Benjulia?
Don't mention it; I hate him.' Strong language for Mr.Gallilee, wasn't it?
Mr.Ovid said, 'Why do you hate him ?' And poor Mr.Gallilee answered like a child, 'Because I do.' Some ladies came in, and the old gentleman left us to speak to them.

I ventured to say to Mr.Ovid, 'Is that instinct or reason ?' He took it quite seriously.

'Instinct,' he said--'and it troubles me.' I leave you, Miss Carmina, to draw your own conclusion." They both looked up.

Ovid and the doctor were walking slowly away from them, and were just passing Teresa and the child.

At the same moment, one of the keepers of the animals approached Benjulia.