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Chapter 3

           Otherattendantstherewereofadifferentdescription;twoorthreelargeandshaggygreyhounds,suchaswerethenemployedinhuntingthestagandwolf;asmanyslow-houndsofalargebonybreed,withthicknecks,largeheads,andlongears;andoneortwoofthesmallerdogs,nowcalledterriers,whichwaitedwithimpatiencethearrivalofthesupper;but,withthesagaciousknowledgeofphysiognomypeculiartotheirrace,forboretointrudeuponthemoodysilenceoftheirmaster,apprehensiveprobablyofasmallwhitetruncheonwhichlaybyCedric’strencher,forthepurposeofrepellingtheadvancesofhisfour-leggeddependants.Onegrislyoldwolf-dogalone,withthelibertyofanindulgedfavourite,hadplantedhimselfclosebythechairofstate,andoccasionallyventuredtosolicitnoticebyputtinghislargehairyheaduponhismaster’sknee,orpushinghisnoseintohishand.Evenhewasrepelledbythesterncommand,"Down,Balder,down!Iamnotinthehumourforfoolery."

           Infact,Cedric,aswehaveobserved,wasinnoveryplacidstateofmind.TheLadyRowena,whohadbeenabsenttoattendaneveningmassatadistantchurch,hadbutjustreturned,andwaschanginghergarments,whichhadbeenwettedbythestorm.

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