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that he was lost sight of at once. The Marquise
had been put back in the carriage by her maid
in a fainting condition, he himself had been
hunting for Loulou for half-an-hour while the
coachman was driving up and down the high road
asking every passer-by for news of Loulou. The
Marquise burst into a flood of tears of joy when I
deposited Loulou on her lap, still speechless for
want of breath. He was going to have an
apoplectic stroke, she sobbed. I roared into the ear
trumpet that it was only emotion. The truth was
that he was as near having a stroke as a fat old
pug can be. Being the involuntary cause of it all,
I accepted the invitation of his mistress to have
tea with her. When Tom jumped on my lap,
Loulou had a fit of rage that nearly suffocated
him. The rest of the drive he lay motionless on
his mistress’ lap in a state of complete collapse,
glaring savagely at Tom with one eye and
blinking affectionately at me with the other.
“I have smelt many things in my life,” said
the eye, “but I have never forgotten your own
most particular smell, I like it much better than
the smell of anybody else. What a joy to have
found you at last! Do take me on your lap
instead of that black mongrel. No fear, I shall
settle his account as soon I get a breath of air!”
“Never mind what you say, snub-nosed little
monster,” said Tom loftily. “I never saw such
a sight, it almost makes one ashamed of being a
dog! A champion poodle like me does not growl
at a sausage, but you had better hold your black
tongue lest it should drop out of your ugly mouth
altogether.”
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