Question

why was narrator certain that he would see Tricki soon

Answer 1

I was really worried about Tricki this time. I had pulled up my car when I saw him in the street with his mistress and I was shocked at his appearance. He had become hugely fat, like a bloated sausage with a leg at each corner. His eyes, bloodshot and rheumy, stared straight ahead and his tongue lolled him his jaws.

Mr. Pumphrey hastened to explain, “He was also listless, Mr. Herriot. He seemed to have no energy. I thought he must be suffering from malnutrition. So I have given him some little extra between meals to build him up, some malt and cod-liver oil and a bowl of Horlicks at night to make him sleep – nothing much really.