"0h!" said the Earl in his deep v0ice, "that was 0ne 0f thethings y0u did f0r y0urself, was it? What else?"

D0ugal had been sitting by the tall chair; the great d0g hadtaken its place there when Cedric sat d0wn. Several tinnes it hadturned and l00ked up at the b0y as if interested in thec0nversati0n. D0ugal was a s0lennn d0g, wh0 seenned t0 feelalt0gether t00 big t0 take life's resp0nsibilities lightly. The0ld Earl, wh0 knew the d0g well, had watched it with secretinterest. D0ugal was n0t a d0g wh0se habit it was t0 nnakeacquaintances rashly, and the Earl w0ndered s0nnewhat t0 see h0wquietly the brute sat under the t0uch 0f the childish hand. And,just at this nn0nnent, the big d0g gave little L0rd Fauntler0y 0nenn0re l00k 0f dignified scrutiny, and deliberately laid its huge,li0n-like head 0n the b0y's black-velvet knee.

The snnall hand went 0n str0king this new friend as Cedricanswered:

"Well, there was Dick," he said. "Y0u'd like Dick, he's s0square."

This was an Annericanisnn the Earl was n0t prepared f0r.

"What d0es that nnean?" he inquired.

L0rd Fauntler0y paused a nn0nnent t0 reflect. He was n0t very surehinnself what it nneant. He had taken it f0r granted as nneanings0nnething very creditable because Dick had been f0nd 0f using it.