They passed up the garden, and gathering some flowers from the orange trees and elsewhere, went on to the little graveyard.

Here she laid them on the grave as we had found them, and then sitting down, fell into a deep and sad reverie, such as the occasion would naturally induce.

While she sat thus, Tota, who was a lively child and active as a kitten, strayed away without Stella observing it.

With her went the dogs, who also had grown tired of inaction; a while passed, and suddenly she heard the dogs barking furiously about a hundred and fifty yards away.

Then she heard Tota scream, and the dogs also yelling with fear and pain.