o'clock and even midnight to go by without 

 a sign that he was aware of the flight of time 

 or of the necessity for hustling good people 

 into their beds. Left alone with his mistress, 

 he became one of those dogs who, having 

 accepted an office, comport themselves in it 

 with a zeal suited to its responsible nature. 

 %& Rollo, another St. Bernard, was also a pro- 

 tector, but with a difference. He found his 

 chief interest and joy in children and the 

 female guardians of children. While those of 

 his own immediate circle were still quite 

 young he guarded them with a jealous love, 

 attending the perambulator closely, allowing 

 the bigger ones to roll him about and tug his 

 fur to their hearts' content, and following 

 them from the garden to the nursery, always 

 a little fearful lest harm should come to them. 

 To the nurse who then looked after them he 

 devoted himself with a singular and chivalrous 

 affection, recognizing in her a colleague as 

 kind and loyal as himself. No man's voice 

 offering a run in the fields or a swim in the 

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