My Master gave him to me the very same night he gave me my little love.

No, no; Dolly loved Tony, and Susan must come here to see me, but I could never leave my boy." Old Oliver had put his arm round Tony, drawing him closer and closer to him as he spoke, until his withered cheek pressed fondly against his face.

Since Dolly died neither of them had felt such a thrill of happiness as now.
"The colonel and his lady must be told about this," said Raleigh, after he had heard all that Tony had been and done for old Oliver; and when he was obliged to go away for the night, the soldier gave him such a cordial grasp of the hand, as set all his fingers tingling, and his heart throbbing with exultation..