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But
Mary
spoilt
it
all
,
when
I
sent
David
back
to
her
in
the
morning
,
by
inquiring
too
curiously
into
his
person
and
discovering
that
I
had
put
his
combinations
on
him
with
the
buttons
to
the
front
.
For
this
I
wrote
her
the
following
insulting
letter
.
When
Mary
does
anything
that
specially
annoys
me
I
send
her
an
insulting
letter
.
I
once
had
a
photograph
taken
of
David
being
hanged
on
a
tree
.
I
sent
her
that
.
You
ca
n't
think
of
all
the
subtle
ways
of
grieving
her
I
have
.
No
woman
with
the
spirit
of
a
crow
would
stand
it
.
"
Dear
Madam
[
I
wrote
]
,
It
has
come
to
my
knowledge
that
when
you
walk
in
the
Gardens
with
the
boy
David
you
listen
avidly
for
encomiums
of
him
and
of
your
fanciful
dressing
of
him
by
passers-by
,
storing
them
in
your
heart
the
while
you
make
vain
pretence
to
regard
them
not
:
wherefore
lest
you
be
swollen
by
these
very
small
things
I
,
who
now
know
David
both
by
day
and
by
night
,
am
minded
to
compare
him
and
Porthos
the
one
with
the
other
,
both
in
this
matter
and
in
other
matters
of
graver
account
.
And
touching
this
matter
of
outward
show
,
they
are
both
very
lordly
,
and
neither
of
them
likes
it
to
be
referred
to
,
but
they
endure
in
different
ways
.
For
David
says
'
Oh
,
bother
!
'
and
even
at
times
hits
out
,
but
Porthos
droops
his
tail
and
lets
them
have
their
say
.
Yet
is
he
extolled
as
beautiful
and
a
darling
ten
times
for
the
once
that
David
is
extolled
.
"
The
manners
of
Porthos
are
therefore
prettier
than
the
manners
of
David
,
who
when
he
has
sent
me
to
hide
from
him
behind
a
tree
sometimes
comes
not
in
search
,
and
on
emerging
tamely
from
my
concealment
I
find
him
playing
other
games
entirely
forgetful
of
my
existence
.
Whereas
Porthos
always
comes
in
search
.
Also
if
David
wearies
of
you
he
scruples
not
to
say
so
,
but
Porthos
,
in
like
circumstances
,
offers
you
his
paw
,
meaning
'
Farewell
,
'
and
to
bearded
men
he
does
this
all
the
time
(
I
think
because
of
a
hereditary
distaste
for
goats
)
,
so
that
they
conceive
him
to
be
enamoured
of
them
when
he
is
only
begging
them
courteously
to
go
.
Thus
while
the
manners
of
Porthos
are
more
polite
it
may
be
argued
that
those
of
David
are
more
efficacious
.
"
In
gentleness
David
compares
ill
with
Porthos
.
For
whereas
the
one
shoves
and
has
been
known
to
kick
on
slight
provocation
,
the
other
,
who
is
noisily
hated
of
all
small
dogs
by
reason
of
his
size
,
remonstrates
not
,
even
when
they
cling
in
froth
and
fury
to
his
chest
,
but
carries
them
along
tolerantly
until
they
drop
off
from
fatigue
.
Again
,
David
will
not
unbend
when
in
the
company
of
babies
,
expecting
them
unreasonably
to
rise
to
his
level
,
but
contrariwise
Porthos
,
though
terrible
to
tramps
,
suffers
all
things
of
babies
,
even
to
an
exploration
of
his
mouth
in
an
attempt
to
discover
what
his
tongue
is
like
at
the
other
end
.
The
comings
and
goings
of
David
are
unnoticed
by
perambulators
,
which
lie
in
wait
for
the
advent
of
Porthos
.
The
strong
and
wicked
fear
Porthos
but
no
little
creature
fears
him
,
not
the
hedgehogs
he
conveys
from
place
to
place
in
his
mouth
,
nor
the
sparrows
that
steal
his
straw
from
under
him
.
"
In
proof
of
which
gentleness
I
adduce
his
adventure
with
the
rabbit
.
Having
gone
for
a
time
to
reside
in
a
rabbit
country
Porthos
was
elated
to
discover
at
last
something
small
that
ran
from
him
,
and
developing
at
once
into
an
ecstatic
sportsman
he
did
pound
hotly
in
pursuit
,
though
always
over-shooting
the
mark
by
a
hundred
yards
or
so
and
wondering
very
much
what
had
become
of
the
rabbit
.
There
was
a
steep
path
,
from
the
top
of
which
the
rabbit
suddenly
came
into
view
,
and
the
practice
of
Porthos
was
to
advance
up
it
on
tiptoe
,
turning
near
the
summit
to
give
me
a
knowing
look
and
then
bounding
forward
.
The
rabbit
here
did
something
tricky
with
a
hole
in
the
ground
,
but
Porthos
tore
onwards
in
full
faith
that
the
game
was
being
played
fairly
,
and
always
returned
panting
and
puzzling
but
glorious
.
"
I
sometimes
shuddered
to
think
of
his
perplexity
should
he
catch
the
rabbit
,
which
however
was
extremely
unlikely
;
nevertheless
he
did
catch
it
,
I
know
not
how
,
but
presume
it
to
have
been
another
than
the
one
of
which
he
was
in
chase
.
I
found
him
with
it
,
his
brows
furrowed
in
the
deepest
thought
.
The
rabbit
,
terrified
but
uninjured
,
cowered
beneath
him
.
Porthos
gave
me
a
happy
look
and
again
dropped
into
a
weighty
frame
of
mind
.
'
What
is
the
next
thing
one
does
?
'
was
obviously
the
puzzle
with
him
,
and
the
position
was
scarcely
less
awkward
for
the
rabbit
,
which
several
times
made
a
move
to
end
this
intolerable
suspense
.
Whereupon
Porthos
immediately
gave
it
a
warning
tap
with
his
foot
,
and
again
fell
to
pondering
.
The
strain
on
me
was
very
great
.
"
At
last
they
seemed
to
hit
upon
a
compromise
.
Porthos
looked
over
his
shoulder
very
self-consciously
,
and
the
rabbit
at
first
slowly
and
then
in
a
flash
withdrew
.
Porthos
pretended
to
make
a
search
for
it
,
but
you
can
not
think
how
relieved
he
looked
.
He
even
tried
to
brazen
out
his
disgrace
before
me
and
waved
his
tail
appealingly
.
But
he
could
not
look
me
in
the
face
,
and
when
he
saw
that
this
was
what
I
insisted
on
he
collapsed
at
my
feet
and
moaned
.
There
were
real
tears
in
his
eyes
,
and
I
was
touched
,
and
swore
to
him
that
he
had
done
everything
a
dog
could
do
,
and
though
he
knew
I
was
lying
he
became
happy
again
.
For
so
long
as
I
am
pleased
with
him
,
ma'am
,
nothing
else
greatly
matters
to
Porthos
.
I
told
this
story
to
David
,
having
first
extracted
a
promise
from
him
that
he
would
not
think
the
less
of
Porthos
,
and
now
I
must
demand
the
same
promise
of
you
.
Also
,
an
admission
that
in
innocence
of
heart
,
for
which
David
has
been
properly
commended
,
he
can
nevertheless
teach
Porthos
nothing
,
but
on
the
contrary
may
learn
much
from
him
.
"
And
now
to
come
to
those
qualities
in
which
David
excels
over
Porthos
--
the
first
is
that
he
is
no
snob
but
esteems
the
girl
Irene
(
pretentiously
called
his
nurse
)
more
than
any
fine
lady
,
and
envies
every
ragged
boy
who
can
hit
to
leg
.
Whereas
Porthos
would
have
every
class
keep
its
place
,
and
though
fond
of
going
down
into
the
kitchen
,
always
barks
at
the
top
of
the
stairs
for
a
servile
invitation
before
he
graciously
descends
.
