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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 113

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Madame Vizinard, the hotel-keeperswife, offered him choice morsels from her plate, andnever forgot his liking for the bones of the poulet,which appeared without fail at the family supper,and although, so far as the busy season wouldallow, she spoke kindly to him as she passedfrom room to room… … ^i% LEO AND THE LADY. her voice; the stout, brisk little body, the tightlytwisted hair, drawn back smooth and shining, theshrill voice and busy step of the hostess, could notcharm away his melancholy. Dogs melancholy, like that of men, is some-times unreasonable and ungrateful. Last came the…

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