She did it deliberately, desiring to be quit of him.

But when she untied Jerry, he stopped to thank her, wagging his tail and smiling up at her with his hazel-brown eyes.

She stamped her foot at him to be gone, and uttered a harsh and intimidating cry.

This Jerry did not understand, and so unused was he to fear that he could not be frightened into running away.

He ceased wagging his tail, and, though he continued to look up at her, his eyes no longer smiled.