Laxley was her assistant dog-breaker.

Rose would not abandon her friends because she had accepted a lover.

On the contrary, Rose was very kind to Ferdinand, and perhaps felt bound to be so to-day.

To-day, also, her face was lighted; a readiness to colour, and an expression of deeper knowledge, which she now had, made the girl dangerous to friends.

This was not Rose's fault but there is no doubt among the faculty that love is a contagious disease, and we ought not to come within miles of the creatures in whom it lodges.
Pat's tail kept hinting to his mistress that a change would afford him satisfaction.