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They had scarcely begun their cruel devastation , before the Newfoundland dog set out barking in a furious manner . `` Let us return , Simpson , '' whispered George ; his cheeks blanching with terror as he remembered his rencounter with Rollo , on the preceding morning . `` I forgot the dog ; he is roused , and we shall certainly be caught . '' -LSB- Illustration : _ George and the Groom destroying the little Quaker 's garden at midnight . _ _ p. 29 . _ -RSB- `` Not we ! '' calmly replied the groom .