Final answer:
The exact details of Mr. Partridge's response to the narrator's inquiry at the Sokolow house in Chapter 10 cannot be provided without the specific novel or context, as it is not included in the provided excerpts.
Step-by-step explanation:
In Chapter 10 of the novel, Mr. Partridge's response when the narrator inquires at the Sokolow house is not directly provided in the excerpts you've presented.
Therefore, without the specific text or context of the novel in which Chapter 10 is included, it is impossible to give an accurate account of what Mr. Partridge tells the narrator. For a detailed answer, the actual novel or name of the work would be necessary to reference the specific interaction between Mr. Partridge and the narrator.
In Chapter 10 of the story, when the narrator inquires at the Sokolow house, Mr. Partridge tells the narrator that he is making a collection of birds and has been pursuing certain rare birds for the past five years. Mr. Partridge expresses his intention to capture these rare birds on his own property if they can be found.