My brother Edward had one like it in his youth.

Soldiers are desperate creatures.' 'I think Mr.Adister had his fall when hunting, was it not ?' said Jane.
'Hunting, my dear.' That was rather different from a fall on duty before the enemy, incurred by severe exhaustion after sunstroke!...
Jane took her leave of Philip beside his couch of imprisonment in his room, promising to return in the early morning.

He embraced her old dog Wayland tenderly.

Hard men have sometimes a warm affection for dogs.
Walking homeward she likewise gave Wayland a hug.

She called him 'dear old fellow,' and questioned him of his fondness for her, warning him not to be faithless ever to the mistress who loved him.