When you stand still, then stands he mute,
But when you speak, he springs as he would speak to you;
He will bring back what you let fall,
And fetch your stick out of the water.
Faust.
You are quite right. There’s no such matter.
No trace of ghost—a dog well trained, that’s all!
Wagner.
A well-trained dog may well engage
The favour of a man most sage;