"Poor children don't live with rich, old ladies.

Mrs.Tibbett hated children, anyway.

Then dogs like poodles would get lost in the mud, or killed in the crowd if they ran behind a carriage.

Only knowing dogs like me can make their way about." I rather doubted this speech; but I said nothing, and he went on, patronizingly: "However, Joe, thou hast reason, as the French say.

Mrs.Judge Tibbett 'didn't' give her dogs exercise enough.