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 fidel- 

 ity, 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 departure was in 

 the air. He wandered about like a lost soul, 

 and refused the most enticing biscuits. Now 

 he would glue himself to my side, and now, 

 in a sudden frenzy, he would rush up the stairs 

 into my room and lay himself firmly down in 

 the partly, packed portmanteau. Evicted 

 thence, he posted himself at the front door, 

 waiting for me there in a pathetic attitude of 

 guilty determination. Finally he had to be 

 removed by force and shut up in a room, but 

 25 *% even 



