`` He 's been my friend so long , '' she said sorrowfully to Anne . `` He was Dick 's old dog , you know -- Dick had him for a year or so before we were married . He left him with me when he sailed on the Four Sisters . Carlo got very fond of me -- and his dog-love helped me through that first dreadful year after mother died , when I was alone . When I heard that Dick was coming back I was afraid Carlo would n't be so much mine . But he never seemed to care for Dick , though he had been so fond of him once . He would snap and growl at him as if he were a stranger . I was glad . It was nice to have one thing whose love was all mine . That old dog has been such a comfort to me , Anne . He got so feeble in the fall that I was afraid he could n't live long -- but I hoped I could nurse him through the winter . He seemed pretty well this morning . He was lying on the rug before the fire ; then , all at once , he got up and crept over to me ; he put his head on my lap and gave me one loving look out of his big , soft , dog eyes -- and then he just shivered and died . I shall miss him so . '' `` Let me give you another dog , Leslie , '' said Anne . `` I 'm getting a lovely Gordon setter for a Christmas present for Gilbert . Let me give you one too . '' Leslie shook her head . `` Not just now , thank you , Anne . I do n't feel like having another dog yet .
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