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 the guest-chamber, and he probably considered himself their guest, as indeed he was, and they never worked harder to please a guest.

Pierre was very particular about being disturbed when in the master's easy-chair. The first time he tried to push him out of it the dog growled at him—not that throaty disagreeable growl which usually precedes a snap, but a deep-chested friendly growl, which the man interpreted as a remonstrance.

The first time Pierre did it the man took another chair, begging his pardon for having been so discourteous, but the second time the man said to him, "You are just a little bluffer, with your deep growl," and gave him a sharp slap and invited him to get down at once, which he did with a very sorry injured air, his whole mien saying.