human
A very dangerous dog that, Miss Keeldar. I wonder you should keep such an animal.
gpt
Do you, Mr. Donne? Perhaps you will wonder more when I tell you I am very fond of him.
human
I should say you are not serious in the assertion. Can't fancy a lady fond of that brute--'tis so ugly--a mere carter's dog. Pray hang him.
gpt
Hang what I am fond of!
human
And purchase in his stead some sweetly pooty pug or poodle--something appropriate to the fair sex. Ladies generally like lap-dogs.
gpt
Perhaps I am an exception.
human
Oh, you can't be, you know. All ladies are alike in those matters. That is universally allowed.
gpt
Tartar frightened you terribly, Mr. Donne. I hope you won't take any harm.
human
That I shall, no doubt. He gave me a turn I shall not soon forget. When I _sor_ him (such was Mr. Donne's pronunciation)
gpt
Perhaps you did faint in the bedroom; you were a long time there.
human
No; I bore up that I might hold the door fast. I was determined not to let any one enter. I thought I would keep a barrier between me and the enemy.
gpt
But what if your friend Mr. Malone had been worried?
human
Malone must take care of himself. Your man persuaded me to come out at last by saying the dog was chained up in his kennel. If I had not been assured of this, I would have remained all day in the chamber. But what is that? I declare the man has told a falsehood! The dog is there!