Having no weapon, I was at the brute's mercy, and was about to utter a
loud shout to summon assistance, but as he sat so still I refrained, and
began even to hope that he would go quietly away. Then he stood up, went
back to the door and sniffed audibly at it; and thinking that he was
about to relieve me of his unwelcome presence, I dropped my head on the
pillow and lay perfectly still. Then he turned and glared at me again,
and finally, advancing deliberately to my side, sniffed at my face. It
was all over with me now, I thought, and closing my eyes, and feeling my
forehead growing remarkably moist in spite of the cold, I murmured a
little prayer. When I looked again the brute had vanished, to my
inexpressible relief.
It seemed very astonishing that an animal like a wolf should come into
the house; but I soon remembered that I had seen no dogs about, so that
all kinds of savage, prowling beasts could come in with impunity. It was
getting beyond a joke: but then all this seemed only a fit ending to the
perfectly absurd arrangement into which I had been induced to enter.
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