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All thathe kept her close, but in the afternoon let her loose again in the garden after he had lopped the pear tree so that she could not repeat her perforustedly she looked while he was by, never offering to run or to play as she was used, but only standing stock still with her tail between her legs, her ears flattened, and the hair bristling on her shoulders, seeing this he left her to herself out of mere humanity

When he caone, but there was a fair sized hole by the wall, and she just buried all but her brush, digging desperately to get under the wall and make her escape

He ran up to the hole, and put his arm in after her and called to her to co her out by the shoulder, then his hold slipping, by the hind legs As soon as he had drawn her forth she whipped round and snapped at his hand and bit it through near the joint of the thuo instantly They stayed there for ahi thus on his knees, Mr Tebrick was down on her level very nearly, and her muzzle was thrust alums were bared in a silent snarl, and all her beautiful teeth threatening hiain Her back too was half-arched, all her hair bristling and her brush held drooping But it was her eyes that held his, with their slit pupils looking at hie

The blood ran very freely from his hand but he never noticed that or the pain of it either, for all his thoughts were for his wife

"What is this, Silvia?" he said very quietly, "what is this? Why are you so savage now? If I stand between you and your freedom it is because I love you Is it such torment to be with me?" But Silvia never stirred a uish, poor beast, you want your freedom I cannot keep you, I cannot hold you to vows otten who I a down his cheeks, he sobbed, and said to her: "Go--I shall not keep you Poor beast, poor beast, I love you, I love you Go if you want to But if you reainst your will Go--go But kiss me now"