She looked very hurt, apparently by the desertion of the dog.

"But if you let me walk with you he will follow us all right," I suggested.
She moved on without answering me.

The dog launched himself suddenly full speed down the road receding from us in a small cloud of dust.

It vanished in the distance, and presently we came up with him lying on the grass.

He panted in the shade of the hedge with shining eyes but pretended not to see us.