Sam and John flourish, as they deserve. The sole drawback to their domestic comfort is the baby. Between themselves—though never to other dogs—they stigmatize her as an intruder and a nuisance. To impart the truth, they are unaffectedly jealous.
However, as Sam has more than once been discovered reposing in the child's cot, and John accompanies the perambulator, and condescends to accept sponge-cakes and rusks, she may yet be acknowledged by her four-footed rivals, and all will be well.
Transcriber's Notes.
1. Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
2. Line 6601 Page 173: "We never heard that Major Gascoigne had a ward," remarked Miss Brewer, trenchantly.
'Miss Brewer' changed to 'Miss Ball'. Just three paragraphs earlier Mr. Gasgoyne referred to the "THREE" ladies.
Only three ladies were present; Mrs. Flant, her sister Miss Ball and Angela.