44 A DOG OF FLANDERS.

Nello and Patrasche did the work
so well and so joyfully together, that
Jehan Daas himself, when the sum-
mer came and he was better again, .
had no need to stir out, but could sit
in.the doorway in the sun and see
them go forth through the garden
wicket, and then doze and dream and
pray a little, and then awake again as
the clock tolled three, and watch for
their return. And on their return
Patrasche would shake himself free -
of his harness witha bay of glee, and -
Nello would recount with pride the -
doings of the day; and they would -
all go in together to their meal of rye-
bread and milk or soup, and would see
the shadows lengthen over the great.
plain, and see the twilight veil the fair