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But just see if I am not right; he will become precisely the same as the rest of us. And the teacher was right. Miss Thyra went and called into the speaking-tube: 'Will Trofast's cutlets be ready soon? The maid's voice came up from the kitchen: 'They are on the window-sill cooling; as soon as they are all right, Stine shall bring them up.
Trofast, who had heard this, went and laid himself quietly down upon the hearthrug. He understood much better than a human being, the merchant used to say. Besides the people of the house, there sat at the breakfast-table an old enemy of Trofast's the only one he had. In particular, he was always attacking Trofast.
They had just told him by telephone from the office how well Trofast had acquitted himself of his task, and, kneeling down on the hearthrug before Trofast, he thanked him warmly for the great service. This mollified Trofast a good deal. Still kneeling, with Trofast's paw in his hand, the merchant now told his family what had occurred during the night.
Now we two are quite alone in the wide, wide world; but you will not betray your poor little Thyra you must promise me that, Trofast. And so she would weep on, until her tears trickled down Trofast's black nose. No wonder, therefore, that Trofast comported himself with a certain dignity at home in the house.
Trofast was one of the pure Danish hounds from the Zoological Gardens. The King had even bought his brother, which fact was expressly communicated to all who came to the house. All the same, he had had a pretty hard upbringing, for he was originally designated to be watch-dog at the merchant's large coalstore out at Kristianshavn. Out there, Trofast's behaviour was exemplary.
When Miss Thyra came home disappointed from a ball, or when her best friend had faithlessly betrayed a frightfully great secret, she would throw herself, weeping, upon Trofast's neck, and say: 'Now, Trofast, I have only you left. There is nobody nobody nobody on the earth who likes me but you!
And as the other members of the family learned to appreciate his rare gifts, Trofast gradually advanced in importance, until Dr. Hansen maintained that he was the real master of the house. Certain it is that there came a something into Trofast's whole demeanour which distinctly indicated that he was well aware of the position he occupied.
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