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Clarke, Cyril Vane, Dion, and Turkish Jane, the doyenne of the Pekinese, sailed for Mudania on the sea of Marmora, which is the Port of Brusa. On the day after the return of the "Leyla" from Mudania, Mrs. Clarke asked Dion if he would dine with her at the Villa Hafiz. She asked him by word of mouth. They had met on the quay.
After hurrying over the house and through the grounds in search of her he finally discovered the child companionably currying a damp and afflicted Pekinese in his mother's sitting-room, and engaged in a grave discussion of the relative merits of molasses and sugar as a sweetening for Boston baked beans.
"He's quite sane, Simmy," said Braden, with a smile that was meant to be pleasant but fell short of the mark. "He's an infernal old traitor, then," said Simmy hotly. "I wouldn't treat a dog as he has treated you,—no kind of a dog, mind you. Not even a Pekinese, and I hate 'em worse than snakes. What the devil does Anne mean? Lordy, Lordy, man, she's always been in love with you.
Few of the many breeds of foreign dogs now established in England have attained such a measure of popularity in so short a time as the Pekinese. Of their early history little is known, beyond the fact that at the looting of the Summer Palace of Pekin, in 1860, bronze effigies of these dogs, known to be more than two thousand years old, were found within the sacred precincts.
To the rest of the human scheme she submitted with a faint bored indifference. She had a pekinese dog called Looloo, which she loved. 'Let us draw Looloo, said Gudrun, 'and see if we can get his Looliness, shall we? 'Darling! cried Winifred, rushing to the dog, that sat with contemplative sadness on the hearth, and kissing its bulging brow. 'Darling one, will you be drawn?
Low subdued lights were here and there, and a thick rug was on the floor. Over in one corner was a huge double bed of cream colored wood with rich soft quilts upon it. Beside the bed in a pink satin cradle there lay a tiny Pekinese dog. "Next," he whispered.
He climbed through the leaves of the little park, on a side-path, rather reluctantly towards the house. In the hall Lady Franks was discussing with Arthur a fat Pekinese who did not seem very well. She was sure the servants did not obey her orders concerning the Pekinese bitch. Arthur, who was more than indifferent, assured her they did.
"Show him in at once!" Next moment the caller entered the fine, old-fashioned room, where a well-preserved, fair-haired woman of about forty was taking her tea alone and petting her Pekinese. "Well, Charles? So you've discovered me here, eh?" she exclaimed, jumping up and taking his hand. "Yes, Molly.
One of her Pekinese got pip, or what?" Lady Mary took his arm and turned to walk along the terrace. "I think," she said, and stopped. "Where were you, Miles?" "I strolled down the village to get some tobacco, and then I saw a chap who'd got his motor stuck, and helped him, and then ..." Here Miles looked down at his aunt, who looked up at him apprehensively.
Madame passed into the next room and returned with a small Pekinese in her arms. "Lu Chang is quite quiet and harmless," laughed Duperré as his wife handed the dog to me. As my hands came in contact with the animal's fur I realized that it was dead and stuffed! Duperré laughed heartily as he watched my face. I confess that I was mystified.
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