Page 106 - Fairbrass

‘ He looks kind, and I am sure he is
sad,’ said Fairbrass, gazing at the pale,

strangely still face of his grandfather as he

lay there in bed. ‘ I do wish that somebody
would tell me about him/
This was meant as a gentle hint for

Pax ; but, having satisfied himself that he
was once more near his master, the dog

was already asleep, and dreaming of rats
and rabbits, and of other dogs who wanted

to take them from him,
* We can tell you a lot,1 said a chorus of

a dozen voices.
Fairbrass glanced at the corner from

whence the clamour came, and saw a stand
containing a number of walking-sticks, and

they were ail trying to talk to him at once.
‘ One at a time, if you please,’ said

Fairbrass.
‘ Then, I ought to speak first, because I

am the eldest,’ said a smart malacca cane,
with an onyx knob mounted in gold. * I

was with him when he was quite a young
man. He took me out to India with him,