But all the cash in the world won't make him the dog's master without the dog's own consent.

Ever stop to think of that, Bobby ?" As he talked, half incoherently, to the delighted collie, Gavin was retracing his way over the mile or so he had just traversed.

He grudged the extra steps.

For the day had been long and full of exercise.

And he was more than comfortably tired.