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           Thosetwospeechesofthechildstruckratherachill.PerhapsSirPittwasrathertooattentivetoher.

           ButRawdon,asbecamehisageandsize,wasfonderofthesocietyofthementhanofthewomen,andneverweariedofaccompanyinghissiretothestables,whithertheColonelretiredtosmokehiscigarJim,theRector’sson,sometimesjoininghiscousininthatandotheramusements.HeandtheBaronet’skeeperwereveryclosefriends,theirmutualtastefor"dawgs"bringingthemmuchtogether.Ononeday,Mr.James,theColonel,andHorn,thekeeper,wentandshotpheasants,takinglittleRawdonwiththem.Onanothermostblissfulmorning,thesefourgentlemenpartookoftheamusementofrat-huntinginabarn,thanwhichsportRawdonasyethadneverseenanythingmorenoble.Theystoppeduptheendsofcertaindrainsinthebarn,intotheotheropeningsofwhichferretswereinserted,andthenstoodsilentlyaloof,withupliftedstakesintheirhands,andananxiouslittleterrier(Mr.James’scelebrated"dawg"Forceps,indeed)scarcelybreathingfromexcitement,listeningmotionlessonthreelegs,tothefaintsqueakingoftheratsbelow.Desperatelyboldatlast,thepersecutedanimalsboltedabove-groundtheterrieraccountedforone,thekeeperforanother;Rawdon,fromflurryandexcitement,missedhisrat,butontheotherhandhehalf-murderedaferret.

           ButthegreatestdayofallwasthatonwhichSirHuddlestoneFuddlestone’shoundsmetuponthelawnatQueen’sCrawley.

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