river could ever tempt him from his infantry. 

 When, in course of time, the nurse was suc- 

 ceeded by a French governess Rollo issued 

 letters of naturalization to her at once and 

 accepted her with enthusiasm and a transport 

 of clumsy caresses. Yet his liking for peram- 

 bulators remained unimpaired. On the dis- 

 tant appearance in the road of one of these 

 vehicles he never failed to run up to it in 

 order that he might examine and lick its 

 terrified contents. 



< Of Rufus, a spaniel, the archetype of 

 fidelity, obstinacy and adoration, I have 

 spoken elsewhere, celebrating his long life 

 and his many virtues. I mention him here 

 in order to recall a trait which is almost 

 universal among dogs, but which in him had 

 a peculiar strength. It was an acute agony 

 to him to realize that his master's bag or 

 portmanteau was being packed and that de- 

 parture was in the air. He wandered about 

 like a lost soul, and refused the most enticing 

 biscuits. Now he would glue himself to my 

 25 SS side, 



