IF HE WENT OUT FOR A WALK THEY TROTTED FORTH WITH HIM, SOME BEFORE, SOME FOLLOWING.
"I never dreamed that things would come to this pass."
"I am convinced, creator dear, that there is a vein of wickedness in your composition, or you would never have imagined such a minx, good and amiable and butter-won't-melt-in-your-mouth though you may look. And there must be a frolicsome devil in your heart, or I should never have become."
"Indeed, Poppy, I am very glad that I gave you being. But one may have too much even of a good thing, and there are moments when I could dispense with your presence."
"I know, when you want to carry on with the widow. She is always casting sheep's eyes at you."
"But, Poppy, you forget my hero, whom I created on purpose for you."
"All my attention is now engrossed in you, and will be till you provide me with a body."