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Parolles. He bullied big dogs at a distance, 

 and seldom stood up to them like the truculent 

 Teens, and, although he ran away, was 

 seldom pursued and never hurt, while the 

 Claimant (he was for his size unwieldly in 

 fatness as a pup), who (or which) still lives 

 with me, is now bullying a shambling 

 retriever pup, full-grown, but, like Cousin 

 Feenix, uncertain as to his gait, who good- 

 naturedly submits to it. Here, perhaps, 

 there is danger ; for very big pups will 

 pursue any little thing that runs away, and 

 one of their large paws, which they put 

 down as if they wore heavily clumped boots, 

 might certainly crush the life a very noisy, 

 fussy, busy life it is out of my small and im- 

 pertinent, pretentious Tichborne. This dog, 

 by the way, brings down his mistress her 

 boots, as a hint for her to take a walk, and 

 blows like a trumpet or young walrus under 

 the door to be let in, having been corrected 

 for scratching the panel. I end as I began, 

 by assuring you that my experience, no less 

 than that of my friends, lies in the direction 

 of extreme generosity exhibited by large 



