good morning.  professor tripp? sorry to bother you, sir, but i understand you attended an event at sara and walter gaskell's house last night and were one of the last to leave.
was just wondering if maybe you saw anyone. someone you didn't know. who seemed out of place. suspicious maybe.
a jockey? you mean, like--
hardapple?
huh? oh, someone pulled a b&e on dr. gaskell's closet. and the dog's missing.
we figure the perpetrator let him out. he's blind and we figure he just wandered off and got run over.
no, the dog.
one other thing. about this kid, this student of yours- leer--james leer. you wouldn't know how i could get in touch with him, would you?
that's all right. we'll find him.