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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.