“Very well, very well!” said the Corporal chucking up his chin, “Jacobina can take care of herself! Jacobina knows her friends and her foes as well as her master! Jacobina never injures her friends, never forgives foes. Look to yourself! look to yourself! insult my cat, insult me! Swear at Jacobina, indeed!”
“If she steals my cream!” cried Peter—
“Did she ever steal your cream?”
“No! but, if—”
“Did she ever steal your cream?”
“I can’t say she ever did.”
“Or any thing else of yours?”
“Not that I know of; but—”
“Never too late to mend.”
“If—”