"In what were they astray?" I asked.
"The mammoth, as I saw it, had a huge hump--like the steam-chest of an
enormous engine--over its shoulders."
"And where did you see it, and when?"
"You are curious to know?"
"Yes, I think I am; and there is a quiet of expectancy abroad. I hear the
ghost of my dead brother walking in the corridor, Dinah; and we are all
waiting for you to speak."