"Yes, sir."
"An' you didn't unfasten the chain from the block till the dog got caught in the fence?"
"No, sir, I didn't."
"Did you try to get him to follow you then?"
"No, sir, he wanted to."
"Ask him, Mr. Kirby," broke in Thornycroft angrily, "if he tried to drive him home!"
"I'll ask him whatever seems fit an' right to me, sir," said Mr. Kirby. "What did you tell your ma, Davy, when you got home?"
"I told her he followed me."
"Did you tell her whose dog he was?"
"No, sir."