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But he could get no admission from her -- nothing but the same statement , with added details each time he made her tell it , that she had killed a dog . They fed her , and she ate like a hyena . No caste prejudices or forbidden foods troubled her ; she ate whatever came her way , Hindoo food , or Mohammedan , or Christian , -- and reached for more -- and finished , as hyenas finish , by breaking bones to get the marrow out . At midnight they left her , curled dogwise on a mat in the hall , to sleep ; and at dawn , when they came to wake her , she was gone again -- gone utterly , without a trace or sign of explanation . The doors , both front and back , were locked . It was two days later when they found a hole torn through the thatch , through which she had escaped ; and though they searched the house from cellar up to roof , and turned all their small possessions over , they could not find -LRB- and they were utterly glad of it -RRB- that she had stolen anything . `` Thank God for that ! ''