And a long swim, which scarce breathed Lad, would exhaust
either or both of them.
But, they were young; and he was middle-aged. And, as in human
relationships, that one sentence told the whole tragic story.
As well expect a couple of flyaway children to give up a game of
tag in order to listen to the solemn discourse of an elderly
uncle; as to make the fun-loving Lady and Wolf widen their
selfish comradeship to include in it the steadier and older and
infinitely wiser Lad.
Perforce, Lad was thrown more and more on the society of the
Mistress and the Master. And, in their friendship, he was
happy;--until he would chance to see his mate and his little son
playing in wild ecstasy with a stick or ball, and would frisk
bulkily over to join them. In a bare second or two, the demeanor
of both showed him just what a grossly unwelcome interloper he
was.
Whereat, after a wistfully miserable glance from one to the other
of the exclusive pair, Lad would trot slowly back to his human
deities; and. with a queerly sobbing little sigh, he would curl
up at the Mistress's feet.
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