← At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately. 🔊
← That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. 🔊
← They added that Snowball had privately admitted to them that he had been Jones's secret agent for years past. 🔊
← In the evenings he would admit privately to Clover that the hoof troubled him a great deal. 🔊