It is an adventure I would very much like to try.

You may think it strange, Thoreau, but that dog--ugly and fierce as he is--has found a place with me.

I like him.

And I fancy he has begun to like me." "But look at his eye, m'sieu----" "Which eye ?" demanded David.

"The one you have shut with a club ?" "He deserved it," muttered Thoreau.