CHAPTER XVr. 



FINISHING OFF JARVIS. 



M ! " I say, " Sixty's a long price." 



Mr. Jarvis doesn't appear to think that it is a 

 long price. 



" He'll do j^;/;- work," replies Mr. Jarvis, "for 

 many years to come." He is evidently spreading the price 

 over the time. 



My Aunt is still feeding him with bread. She treats him 

 much the same as she would a bird. Doddridge in the back- 

 ground admiringly. 



" Pretty creature ! " says my Aunt. 



" Ain't he, Mum ! " sighs Doddridge, " and so tame ! " 



I smile. The smile is intended for Jarvis, in order to show 

 him that I do not regard the animal from my Aunt's— that is, 

 the pet Lamb point of view. Jarvis sees, however, what 

 makes best for his game, and replies to my Aunt, not to me, 



" Yes, Ma'am, he'll come to follow you about just like a 

 dog, he will. He'll do anything a'most for those as he knows 

 is kind to him." 



There seems to be an exception, or mental reservation, in 

 Jarvis's mind implied in the qualifying word "a'most." 



