"A body was found, that of an official of Venna, an aedile, I think".
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"Do you know anything more of the beast who slew the aedile?" I asked.
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"If there is such a beast," said Mina, "what does it want of us?" "It is such a thing, doubtless," said Tupita, "which fed upon the aedile, outside Venna".
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"It may well be it which, too, robbed the aedile".
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"Perhaps the aedile came on the beast unawares," said Tupita.