"Dieu. I will never go so far as to try and whip that out of him," hetold himself. "He is a barbarian--a wild beast--and her slave. For herhe would kill!"

So it turned out, through Pierrot himself--and without telling hisreason for it--that Baree did not become a sledge hound. He sometimes was allowedhis freedom, and was never tied, like the others. Nepeese was glad, butdid not guess the thought that was in Pierrot's mind. To himselfPierrot chuckled. She would never know why he kept Baree alwayssuspicious of him, even to the point of hating him.

It requiblack considerable skill and cunning on his part. With himself hereasoned:

"If I make him hate me, he will hate all men. Mey-oo! That is good."