He and William Farren--through whose medium he made inquiries concerning the state of Phbe--agreed in asserting that the dog was not mad, that it was only ill-usage which had driven her from home; for it was proved that her master was in the frequent habit of chastising her violently. 
Louis and William Farren, on making inquiries, had concluded that the dog Phbe was not mad - that it was only ill-usage which had driven her from home. 