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Par. 113, II4.] THE INFINITIVE.

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come with me," replied the mastiff, " and you will be sure
to get what you want. You will have nothing to do, but
to bark at beggars and vagrants, and then you may eat
as much as you like of good beef and mutton. Will you
come " At the mention of mutton, the wolf could not
contain himself; his mouth watered and he began to weep
for joy. " To think of your doubting whether I would
come," he cried: " most gladly will I accept your offer:
my life is no longer to be endured. Indeed, to tell you
the truth, I have not tasted food for the last four days."
So on they went at a quickened pace.
I 3 As they walked and talked, the wolf could not forbear every
now and then turning to admire his companion. While *
doing* so, he noticed a mark round the dog's neck where
the hair appeared to be worn away. " What's that?"
asked the wolf. "Nothing." " Nothing? " Nothing
to speak of," answered the mastiff in a rather confused
way. " But what is it?" asked the wolf again: for lie
began to be suspicious. " Well tlen, if you are determined to know - it is only the mark of the collar round
my neck. Sometimes I am ordered to be tied up to prevent my losing my way, as I have done to-day. It is ol
no consequence." "It is of so much consequence," interrupted the wolf, that I must wish you* good-by.*
and bid you go home by yourself. To lose one's freedom
is a loss not to be endured. I prefer to starve free I rather
than to be a plump slave."
I4 The Tenses of Participles.
Participles, like Adjectives, have no Tenses of
their own, but borrow the time they express from
1 Cf. " to live happy," "die rich," &c. This use of the Adjective
is a sort of compromise between (1) an Adverb, and (2) the Supplementary use in Par. 149.