Page:Journey Round my Room by Xiavier de Maistre trans. Henry Attwell.djvu/66

48 that when out of sheer distraction, I put my two feet on the mantel-piece and have no thought at all about a halt, dinner-time not being near, Rose, observing this movement, shows by a slight wag of her tail the pleasure she enjoys. Reserve keeps her in her place. The other perceives this and is gratified by it, though quite unable to reason upon its cause. And thus a mute dialogue is established between them, a pleasing interchange of sensations which could not be attributed to simple chance.