It might be well to keep an eye on Quodlings'-- a substantial concern, likely to give one a chance of the "permanency" which was, on the whole, desirable.
He had a boy with him to hold the horses, a sharp lad, whose talk gave him amusement when he was tired of thinking.

They found a common interest in dogs.

Gammon invited the youngster to come and see his "bows-wows" at Dulwich, and promised him his choice out of the litter of bull terriers.

With animation he discoursed upon the points of this species of dog--the pure white coat; the long, lean, punishing head, flat above; the breadth behind the ears, the strength of back.

He warned his young friend against the wiles of the "faker," who had been known to pipeclay a mottled animal and deceive the amateur.