Even Grandfather realised that. We were not well-to-do, and could not afford the frequent loss of dishes, clothes,
curtains and wall paper. So Grandfather found the Tonga-driver and sold Toto back to him – for only three rupees.
The poor man was taken aback; but, with great presence of mind and much to Grandfather’s annoyance, he said,
“Sir, you have a dog with you. You’ll have to pay for it accordingly.”
His presence in the house still a secret, Toto was now transferred to a big cage in the servants’ quarters.
There a number of Grandfather’s pets lived very sociably together – a tortoise, a pair of rabbits, a tame squirrel
and, for a while, my pet goat.