Not that _I_ think it's half as good as Lad's," she added, loyally, as she piloted the Master between the double lines of clamorous dogs.
"But--oh, I'm so afraid the judge may think it is! You see, he doesn't know Laddie as we do." She stopped before a bench whereon lay a pale golden sable collie; almost corn-colored; who boasted a wealth and magnificence of coat that made the Master open his eyes wide.
The dog was smaller and slighter of frame than was Lad.

Nor, in head and expression, was he Lad's equal.

But his coat was every bit as luxuriant.

Indeed, there was perhaps a shade more of it than Lad carried.
A collie's coat, as a rule, takes about seven months to grow.

Thus, each year, it comes into full bloom a little later than on the year before.