"It was a little bit of a dog.

I noticed it because it was so little." "Couldn't 'a' been Duke, then," said Penrod.

"Duke's a kind of a middle-sized dog." He yawned, and added: "I don't want him now.

I want to stay in the house this afternoon, anyway.

And it's better for Duke to be out in the fresh air." Mr.Blakely coughed again and sat down, finding little to say.