"Suddenly I became aware of a naked boy, a bather from some neighbouring ___".

Low laugh that was pleasantly like a chuckle and disagreeably like a ____.

... and all the orange and pink slid out of the ___.

"... stood a large wolf, ____ in colour".

" -- the ____ vanished too!"

"At night  I hunt on ____" was the somewhat puzzling response.

"It's quite two months since I tasted ____".

"They are very nice woods", said the ____.

"I suppose you mean you hunt with a ___?" suggested Van Cheele.

Where did the boy live?