Memories . X.^_ JU d^i. CjAjLire^ ^ ~^ ?^aAl*<J~J^^^^^rrac^tu^^.^ MEMORIES No, no ! If a man does not soon pass beyondthe thought: By what shall this dog profitme? into the large state of simple gladness tobe with dog, he shall never know the veryessence of that companionship which dependsnot on the points of dog, but on some strangeand subtle mingling of mute spirits. For it isby muteness that a dog becomes for one soutterly beyond value ; with him one is atpeace, where words play no torturing he just sits, loving, and knows that he isbeing loved, those are the moments that I t
Memories . X.^_ JU d^i. CjAjLire^ ^ ~^ ?^aAl*<J~J^^^^^rrac^tu^^.^ MEMORIES No, no ! If a man does not soon pass beyondthe thought: By what shall this dog profitme? into the large state of simple gladness tobe with dog, he shall never know the veryessence of that companionship which dependsnot on the points of dog, but on some strangeand subtle mingling of mute spirits. For it isby muteness that a dog becomes for one soutterly beyond value ; with him one is atpeace, where words play no torturing he just sits, loving, and knows that he isbeing loved, those are the moments that I thinkare precious to a dog; when, with his adoringsoul coming through his eyes, he feels that youare really thinking of him. But he is touch-ingly tolerant of ones other occupations. Thesubject of these memories always knew whenone was too absorbed in work to be so close to 54. hfXt,^ ^ 1**^ 0 ji^ -Lfn/ca^ MEMORIES him as he thought proper ; yet he never triedto hinder or distract, or asked for attention. Itdinged his mood, of course, so that the redunder his eyes and the folds of his crumplycheeks—which seemed to speak of a touch ofbloodhound introduced a long way hack intohis breeding—grew deeper and more he could have spoken at such times, hewould have said: I have been a long timealone, and I cannot always be asleep ; but youknow best, and I must not criticise, He did not at all mind ones being absorbedin other humans; he seemed to enjoy thesounds of conversation lifting round him, andto know when they were sensible. He couldnot, for instance, stand actors or actressesgiving readings of their parts, perceiving atonce that the same had no connection with the 55 M EMORIES minds and real feelings of the speakers ; and,having wandered a Httle to show his disap-proval, he would go to the door and stare atit till it opened and let him out. Once
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