Ten minutes to nine
` The animal has been procured . He is a pug-dog , of rather intelligent appearance , in good condition , and with very short legs . He has been tied to a curtain-peg in a dark room , and is howling dreadfully . ' ` _ Ten minutes to nine _ . ` The dog has just been rung for . With an instinct which would appear almost the result of reason , the sagacious animal seized the waiter by the calf of the leg when he approached to take him , and made a desperate , though ineffectual resistance . I have not been able to procure admission to the apartment occupied by the scientific gentlemen ; but , judging from the sounds which reached my ears when I stood upon the landing-place outside the door , just now , I should be disposed to say that the dog had retreated growling beneath some article of furniture , and was keeping the professors at bay .