The Old Wives' Tale, a Novel of Life

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Suddenly, over the sound of scouring, Constance heard a dog's low growl and then the hoarse voice of a man : " Mester in, wench ? " " Happen he is, happen he isn't," came Maggie's answer.
She had no fancy for being called wench.
Constance went to the door, not merely from curiosity, but from a feeling that her authority and her responsibilities 144 THE OLD WIVES' TALE as house-mistress extended to the pavement surrounding the house.
The famous James Boon, of Buck Row, the greatest dog- fancier
...in the Five Towns, stood at the bottom of the steps : a tall, fat man, clad in stiff, stained brown and smoking a black clay pipe less than three inches long. Behind him attended two bull-dogs.
" Morning, missis ! " cried Boon, cheerfully. " I've heard tell as th' mister is looking out for a dog, as you might say." " I don't stay here with them animals a-sniffing at me — no, that I don't ! " observed Maggie, picking herself up.
" Is he ? " Constance hesitated. She knew that Samuel had vaguely referred to dogs ; she had not, however, imagined that he regarded a dog as aught but a beautiful dream.


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