"From behind a wooden crate we saw a……" — John Galsworthy

From behind a wooden crate we saw a long black-muzzled nose poking… - John Galsworthy

"From behind a wooden crate we saw a long black-muzzled nose poking round at us. We took him out-soft, wobbly, tearful; set him down on his four, as yet not quite simultaneous legs, and regarded him. He wandered a little round our legs, neither wagging his tail nor licking at our hands; then he looked up, and my companion said: "He's an angel!""

— John Galsworthy

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