With the delightful vanity which is a part of the collie make-up, he realized that in some manner he himself was a prominent part of this excitement.

And he reveled in it.
As Wefers pulled back his imperiled arm, the Mistress stepped forward, before the Master could speak or move.
"Even if it were true that he could get rabies by a bite from a rabid dog," said she, "and even if that dog, yesterday, were mad, that wouldn't affect Laddie.

For he didn't bite Laddie.

He never got the chance.

Lad pinned him to the ground.