"Anyhow," said Amaryllis defiantly, as she took her seat at the dinner-table, "I looked it up in the dictionary, and all it said was: A monster of fearful aspect.'"
"He deserves it," said Dick.
"He seems to have taken a great fancy to you, Mr. Bellamy," said the girl.
"Dogs always do," said Randal.
"Always at the first meeting?" asked Amaryllis.
"Nearly always. But that doesn't prove that I don't travel without a ticket when I get the chance," replied Dick.
"What do you mean?" asked the girl.
"Oh, the dog-and-baby theory's not dead yet. But I assure you, Miss Caldegard, that the hardest case I ever met couldn't walk through a town without collecting every dog in the place. That's why he never succeeded in his first profession."
"What was he?" asked the girl.
"Burglar," said Dick.