《Slime》（史莱姆）五(6)

Chief Underbeck was not an excitable man. Gowse's burst of melodrama irritated him and left him unimpressed.
Somewhat gruffly he promised to look into the matter if Barnaby had not turned up by evening. Barnaby, he pointed out, knew the swamp better than anyone else in the county. And he was perfectly capable of taking care of himself. Probably, the Chief suggested, he had sent the dog home and gone elsewhere after finishing his hunt the evening before. The chances were he'd be back by suppertime.