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her eyes closed and the peace of death spread over
her face. She drew a deep breath, a few drops of
blood oozed out between her lips and it was all
over. The immediate cause of this woman’s
death was evidently an internal hæmorrhage.
How did the dog know before I knew? When
they came in the evening to take her away the
dog followed his mistress to the camposanto,
the only mourner. Next day old Pacciale, the
grave-digger, already then my special friend, told
me that the dog was still lying on her grave. It
rained torrents the whole day and the following
night, but in the morning the dog was still there.
In the evening I sent Pacciale with a leash to try
to coax him away and take him to San Michele,
but the dog growled savagely at him and refused
to move. On the third day I went to the
cemetery myself and succeeded with great difficulty in
making him follow me home, he knew me besides
quite well. There were eight dogs in San Michele
in those days and I felt very uneasy as to the
reception awaiting the new-comer. But all went
well, thanks to Billy, the baboon, for he, for some
inexplicable reason, at first sight took a great
fancy to the stranger, who, once recovered from
his stupefaction, soon became his inseparable
friend. All my dogs hated and feared the huge
monkey who ruled supreme in the garden of San
Michele and soon even Barbarossa, the fierce
Maremma dog, ceased to growl at the new-comer.
He lived there happily for two years and is buried
there under the ivy with my other dogs.
A dog can be taught to do almost anything with
friendly encouragement, patience and a biscuit
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