Yes, no other dog. Why?
THE LITTLE DOG
There’s a strange odor.
TOBY-DOG
The Cat, doubtless.
THE LITTLE DOG
The Cat? What’s a Cat? I’ve never seen one. Do they leave you in the room all alone?
TOBY-DOG
It happens so now and then.
THE LITTLE DOG
And you don’t bark? I cry as soon as I’m left alone. I’m bored, afraid, feel sick, and chew up the cushions.
TOBY-DOG
And then you’re whipped.
THE LITTLE DOG, (insulted)
I’m—what did you say? You’re losing your senses, I imagine. (Suddenly amiable again.) That would be a pity. You have lovely eyes.
TOBY-DOG
Haven’t I? They show well, don’t they? They’re large, and then they stick out. She says I have eyes like a lobster’s, and sometimes She says “his beautiful seal’s eyes, his frog-like eyes of gold.”
THE LITTLE DOG
Who’s She?
TOBY-DOG, (simple)
She.
THE LITTLE DOG
I don’t understand all you say, but I find you
so very sympathetic!
What are you doing this evening?
TOBY-DOG
Why ... I dine.
THE LITTLE DOG
Naturally! I wanted to know whether they receive here this evening, or do you go out?
TOBY-DOG
No, I’ve been out already.
THE LITTLE DOG
Driving?
TOBY-DOG
Walking—of course.
THE LITTLE DOG
Why, of course? I hardly stir except in a carriage. Show me the underside of your paws. Horrors! One would say ’twas the stone they sharpen knives on! Look at mine. Satin on top, velvet underneath.
TOBY-DOG
I’d like to see you in the country, on the cobble-stones.
THE LITTLE DOG
I’ve been there, Sir. I was in the country last summer and there weren’t any cobble-stones.
TOBY-DOG
Then it wasn’t the country. You don’t know what country means.