I had intended to leave him behind, but while I was packing up he followed me about with such evident understanding of my purpose that my heart was touched.

When I entered the motor to drive to the station he escaped from the hands of the servant, whimpering, and took refuge on my knee.

After this I felt that Destiny intended him to be our companion.
Moreover, was he not linked with my dead past, and, had I but known it, with my living future also?
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