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"Ah, well, there is no great h Hoeet theair is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather froo Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank It shines on a good er errand than you and I How ss in the presence of the great elemental forces of nature! Are you well up in your Jean Paul?"

"Fairly so I worked back to hi the brook to the parent lake He makes one curious but profound rereatness lies in his perception of his own sues, you see, a power of comparison and of appreciation which is in itself a proof of nobility There is ht in Richter You have not a pistol, have you?"

"I haveof the sort if we get to their lair Jonathan I shall leave to you, but if the other turns nasty I shall shoot hi loaded two of the chaht-hand pocket of his jacket

We had during this tiuidance of Toby down the half-rural villa-lined roads which lead to thecontinuous streets, where laborers and dock down shutters and brushing door-steps At the square-topped corner public houses business was just beginning, and rough-lookingtheir sleeves across their beards after their ly at us as we passed, but our iniht nor to the left, but trotted onwards with his nose to the ground and an occasional eager whine which spoke of a hot scent

We had traversed Streathaton Lane, having borne away through the side-streets to the east of the Oval Theroad, with the idea probably of escaping observation They had never kept to the main road if a parallel side-street would serve their turn At the foot of Kennington Lane they had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles Street Where the latter street turns into Knight's Place, Toby ceased to advance, but began to run backwards and forwards with one ear cocked and the other drooping, the very picture of canine indecision Then he waddled round in circles, looking up to us from time to time, as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment