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"Therefore, to this dog will I, Tenderly, not scornfully, Render praise and favor: With my hand upon his head Is my benediction said, Therefore, and forever. " -- E. B. BROWNING.
A child and a dog sat very close to the fast-expiring embers of a small fire in a shabby London attic.