"
At sunrise, Edward and Humphrey were both up; Alice came out when they
tapped at her door, as she would not let Edward go without his
breakfast. Edith joined them, and they went to prayers. While they
were so employed, Pablo came out and listened to what was said. When
prayers were over, Humphrey asked Pablo if he knew what they had been
doing.
"No, not much; suppose you pray sun to shine."
"No, Pablo," said Edith, "pray to God to make us good."
"You bad then?" said Pablo; "me not bad."
"Yes, Pablo, every body very bad," said Alice; "but if we try to be
good, God forgives us."
The conversation was then dropped, and as soon as Edward had made his
breakfast, he kissed his sisters, and wished Humphrey farewell.
Edward threw his gun over his arm, and calling his puppy, which he had
named Holdfast, bade Humphrey and his sisters farewell, and set off on
his journey across the forest.
Holdfast, as well as Humphrey's puppy, which had been named Watch, had
grown very fine young animals. The first had been named Holdfast,
because it would seize the pigs by the ears and lead them into the
sty, and the other because it was so alert at the least noise; but, as
Humphrey said, Watch ought to have learned to lead the pigs, it being
more in his line of business than Holdfast's, which was to be brought
up for hunting in the forest, while Watch was being educated as a
house and farmyard dog.
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