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."
