It was really quite interesting to watch this unblushing,
and disinterested, and utterly reckless display of
affection on the part of Grumps, and the amiable way
in which Crusoe put up with it. We say put up with
it advisedly, because it must have been a very great
inconvenience to him, seeing that if he attempted to
move, his satellite moved in front of him, so that his
only way of escaping temporarily was by jumping over
Grumps's head.
Grumps was everywhere all day. Nobody, almost,