Withafaceofgreatimportance， sheusedtogowithhimtotheriver； sheusedtowatchhisbroomsandspades， andneverallowedanyonetogointohisgarret.
Hecutalittleholeinhisdooronpurposeforher， andsheseemedtofeelthatonlyinGerasim' sgarretshewascompletelymistressandathome； anddirectlyshewentin， ， butsheneverbarkedwithoutsufficientcause， likesomestupidhouse-dog， who， sittingonitshind-legs， blinking， withitsnoseintheair， barkssimplyfromdullness， atthestars， ！ Mumu' sdelicatelittlevoicewasneverraisedwithoutgoodreason； eithersomestrangerwaspassingclosetothefence， ortherewassomesuspicioussoundorrustlesomewhere...Infact， shewasanexcellentwatch-dog.
Mumuneverwentintothemistress' shouse； andwhenGerasimcarriedwoodintotherooms， shealwaysstayedbehind， impatientlywaitingforhimatthesteps， prickingupherearsandturningherheadtorightandtoleftattheslightestcreakofthedoor...
； ， theladycaughtsightofherbusilygnawingabone.
"Mercyonus！" shecriedsuddenly， "whatdogisthat？ Butit'sacharminglittledog！ ."
Thecompanionflewatonceintothehall."Boy， boy！" sheshouted， "bringMumuinatonce！ Makehaste， Stepan！"
Gerasim， whowasatthatinstantinthekitchen， knockingoutandcleaningabarrel， turningitupsidedowninhishandslikeachild' ； hecalledMumu， however， pickedherup， andhandedherovertoStepan.
Stepancarriedherintothedrawingroom， .
Mumu， whohadneverinherlifebeeninsuchmagnificentapartments， wasverymuchfrightened， andmadearushforthedoor， but， beingdrivenbackbytheobsequiousStepan， shebegantrembling， andhuddledcloseupagainstthewall.
"Mumu， Mumu， cometome， cometoyourmistress，" saidthelady， "come， sillything...don' tbeafraid."
ButMumulookedroundheruneasily， ， andsetitdownbeforeMumu， butMumuwouldnotevensniffatthemilk， andstillshivered， andlookedroundasbefore.
"Ah， whatasillyyouare！" saidthelady， andgoinguptoher， shestoopeddown， andwasabouttostrokeher， butMumuturnedherheadabruptly， .
"Takeheraway，" saidtheoldladyinachangedvoice."Wretchedlittledog！ Whataspitefulcreature！"
Nextmorningsheorderedstewardtobesummonedanhourearlierthanusual."Tellme， please，" shesaid， "whatdogwasthatbarkingallnightinouryard？ Itwouldn' tletmesleep！ Wehaveayarddog， haven' twe？ Well， whymore？ whatdowewantmoredogsfor？ Andwhatdoesthedumbmanwantwithadog？ Whogavehimleavetokeepdogsinmyyard？ YesterdayIwenttothewindow， andthereitwaslyingintheflower-garden； ithaddraggedinnastinessitwasgnawing， andmyrosesareplantedthere..."
