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156 can't understand a single word you say to it, or feel one spark of gratitude for all your kindness. Wait till it can shew some little affection for me, and then I'll see about loving it. At present it is nothing more than a little selfish, senseless, sensualist, and if you see anything adorable in it, it's all very well—I only wonder how you can."

"If you were less selfish yourself, Arthur, you would not regard it in that light."

"Possibly not, love; but so it is: there's no help for it."