So much the worse for them if they ate each other up! It would afford more room! And Nana, sheltering behind her carefully bolted door, began laughing at them, declaring that she could hear them pant.

They ought to be looking lovely in there with their tongues hanging out like a lot of bowwows sitting round on their behinds.

Yesterday's success was not yet over, and this pack of men had followed up her scent.
"Provided they don't break anything," she murmured.
She began to feel some anxiety, for she fancied she felt their hot breath coming through chinks in the door.

But Zoe ushered Labordette in, and the young woman gave a little shout of relief.

He was anxious to tell her about an account he had settled for her at the justice of peace's court.