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John Bevill and his strange assortment of guests sat round the dinner table later on in the evening discussing the subject of the wild animals in the menagerie and all connected with them, the talk being led enthusiastically by Frick, who declared that the Baron's Court menagerie was about to take history or something like it. He was immensely taken, too, with Vim, who sat by his side smoking his cigarette with the air of a connoisseur and sipping his liqueur like a man of the world. Vim seemed to have settled down again now; he had lost all the snarling vindictiveness that he had displayed the last day or two, and appeared to be taking the keenest interest in what was going on around him.
"It's great," Frick said. "Absolutely great. And if Stafford Hatton doesn't say so, I shall be greatly mistaken. He can work Vim here into the plot--indeed. I don't see how we are going to do without him. By the way, Mr. Bevill, how does this amazing ape of yours get on with the other animals?"