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to bite you at all, or show any inclination to do 

 so ? " " Not the least, sir." " Now, Wilkins, 

 you have answered that question, but tell me 

 how you account for it, I mean his not showing 

 any ill-temper with you?" " Oh, yes, sir, I 

 can explain that easily enough, I did not give 

 him time enough." 



"Well, but how, Wilkins, how?" "You 

 must know, sir," said I, "that I went up to the 

 station door all in a bustle, and shouted to him 

 as if we had been old friends for years and I 

 was looking out for him. Just the same, sir, 

 as if you had gone to meet a train, and as it 

 was starting you saw some friend you had not 

 met for years, and then made yourself known 

 to him ; that is how I treated the dog." 



"I see, Wilkins; 3 said the Squire, ''you made 

 him believe it was a reality." 



"Just so, sir," said I, "I made him believe it 

 was a reality, and made him take me for his 

 friend, let it be as it might. And now, sir, will 

 you allow me to ask one question ?" 



"Go on, Wilkins." 



" Well then, sir, if you were a stranger to this 



