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and I were formally introduced to each other
by the Marquise. Had I ever seen such a
beautiful dog? No, never.
“Why,” snored Loulou reproachfully at me,
“you who pretend to be a great lover of dogs,
you don’t mean to say you don’t recognize me?
Don’t you remember when you took me out of
that dreadful dog-shop in . . .”
Anxious to change the conversation, I invited
Loulou to sniff at my hand. He stopped short,
began to sniff attentively each finger in turn.
“Yes, of course I can smell quite distinctly
your own particular smell. I remember it quite
well since I smelt it last time in the dog-shop, in
fact I rather like your smell. . . . Ah!” He
sniffed eagerly. “By St. Rocco, the patron
saint of all dogs, I smell a bone, a big bone!
Where is the bone? Why didn’t you give it to
me? These silly people never give me a bone,
they imagine it is bad for a little dog, aren’t
they fools! To whom did you give the bone?”
He jumped in one bound on to my lap, sniffing
furiously. “Well, I never! Another dog!
And only the head of a dog! A big dog! An
enormous dog, with the saliva dripping down the
corner of his mouth! Can it be a St. Bernard!
I am a small dog and I suffer somewhat from
asthma, but my heart is in the right place, I am
not afraid, and you had better tell this big
elephant of yours to mind his own business and
not come near me or my mistress or I will eat him
alive!” He sniffed contemptuously. “Spratt’s
biscuits! So that is what you had for dinner
last night, you big vulgar brute, the very smell
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