His little whims were carefully studied, his favourite dishes kept in constant readiness.
"The destination of his goings leaked out at length, and then the two families quarrelled about him over the fence.

My friend accused the newspaper man of having lured him away.

The newspaper man retorted that the poor creature had come to his door wet and starving, and added that he would be ashamed to keep an animal merely to ill-treat it.

They have a quarrel about him twice a week on the average.

It will probably come to blows one of these days." Jephson appeared much surprised by this story.