"I am very glad she has Dick to take care of her.

Tell her I will come to see her this morning, will you?
and wait a moment, I must give you something for Dick, as a reward for his care last night." Miss Rose opened the door near which they had been standing, and disclosed a large wide, slate-paved passage, with large, cool-looking slate slabs on each side.

After the glare and heat outside, the slates looked cool and restful to the eye.

At the other end of the passage a door stood open, and through it Huldah could see a big bright kitchen, with a snowy table standing in the middle of the blue slate floor, and a window beyond, festooned with green creepers and roses.
"Dinah, I want something nice for a brave dog," said Miss Rose.
"Have you got a bone with something on it ?" Dinah produced a leg of mutton bone and some cold pudding.
Huldah's eyes gleamed, as she thought of Dick's delight.
Two bones in two days! He had never before known such a wonderful time.

Miss Rose added two large dog biscuits.