He, therefore, indulged his young master in the fancy he had taken; and the two sat for a while conversing about the pet.
At length Swartboy proposed sleep.

Jan would agree to this only upon the terms that Swartboy would allow him to sleep alongside of him.

He would bring his blanket from the wagon, and would not trouble Swartboy by requiring part of the latter's kaross.
Swartboy objected at first; but Jan urged that he had felt cold in the wagon, and that was partly why he had come down to the fire.

All this was sheer cunning in the little imp.

But Swartboy could not refuse him anything, and at length consented.