next morning, he was as right as rain, or so macphail informs me. >> macphail. >> who better than thet truly stand? >> forgive me, mr. holmes. i should have told you myself, but-- >> but you didn't. the second attack occurred 13 days later. again the professor was in the hall. fortunately this time he was able to put the study door between himself and the altered animal, was he not? >> edith wanted roy chained from that moment. >> but her father overruled her. >> he insisted that he was still a dear, affectionate dog. that he wasn't congenitally vicious. >> but not after the third attack. >> no, he did agree then that he had to be restrained. >> and roy was banished to the chain in the stable yard. >> yes. >> macphail believes that the change in roy's behavior stems from about two months ago. >> i think it may have. i didn't keep a strict note of it. >> consult your fiancee, bennett, and macphail. a precise log of these events may yet prove pertinent. i observed that the professor lectures at the university at 2:00 this afternoon. i shall call then. >> no, i couldn't possibly agree, n