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It 's out of nature . Yet the brute tried its best , having taken such a fancy to Badcock , and would n't be denied till his master beat him out of doors with a fire-shovel and penned him up for the night . `` The next morning , being loosed , he came in to breakfast with the family , and butted a crock of milk all over the kitchen hearth , but otherwise bore himself like a repentant sinner ; the only difference being that from breakfast onward he turned away from his master and took to following Mr. Fett , who did n't like the attention at all . Badcock kept to his bed ; and Mr. Fett too , who could only manage to limp a little , climbed up to the loft soon after midday and lay down for a rest . `` Sir John and I , left alone downstairs , took what we called a siesta , each in his chair , and Sir John 's chair by the shaded window . For my part , I was glad enough for forty winks , and could have enlisted among the Seven Sleepers after those cruel four days in the mountains . So , with Sir John 's permission , I dozed off ; and sat up , by-and-by -- awake all of a sudden at the sound of my master 's stirring -- to see him at the window with his gun half-lifted to his shoulder , and away up the road a squad of Genoese soldiers marching down to relieve guard .