\"Foursnakes。Idon’tunderstand。\"
\"Mongoose，\"saidAdam，andthenaddedexplanatorily：\"Iwasoutwiththemongoosejustafterthree。\"
\"Foursnakesinonemorning！Why，Ididn’tknowthereweresomanyontheBrow\"——thelocalnameforthewesterncliff。\"Ihopethatwasn’ttheconsequenceofourtalkoflastnight？\"
\"Itwas，sir。Butnotdirectly。\"
\"But，Godblessmysoul，youdidn’texpecttogetasnakeliketheLambtonworm，didyou？Why，amongoose，totackleamonsterlikethat——iftherewereone——wouldhavetobebiggerthanahaystack。\"