The friend who presented me with him had given him, perhaps[Pg 4] by antiphrasis, the startling name of Pelléas. Why rechristen him? For how can a poor dog, loving, devoted1, faithful, disgrace the name of a man or an imaginary hero?
Pelléas had a great bulging2, powerful forehead, like that of Socrates or Verlaine; and, under a little black nose, blunt as a churlish assent3, a pair of large hanging and symmetrical chops, which made his head a sort of massive, obstinate4, pensive5 and[Pg 5] three-cornered menace. He was beautiful after the manner of a beautiful, natural monster that has complied strictly6 with the laws of its species. And what a smile of attentive7 obligingness, of incorruptible innocence8, of affectionate submission9, of boundless10 gratitude11 and total self-abandonment lit up, at the least caress12, that adorable mask of ugliness! Whence exactly did that smile emanate13? From the ingenuous14 and melting eyes? From the[Pg 6] ears pricked15 up to catch the words of man? From the forehead that unwrinkled to appreciate and love, or from the stump16 of a tail that wriggled17 at the other end to testify to the intimate and impassioned joy that filled his small being, happy once more to encounter the hand or the glance of the god to whom he surrendered himself?
Pelléas was born in Paris, and I had taken him to the country. His bonny fat paws, shapeless [Pg 7]and not yet stiffened18, carried slackly through the unexplored pathways of his new existence his huge and serious head, flat-nosed and, as it were, rendered heavy with thought.
For this thankless and rather sad head, like that of an overworked child, was beginning the overwhelming work that oppresses every brain at the start of life. He had, in less than five or six weeks, to get into his mind, taking shape within it, an[Pg 8] image and a satisfactory conception of the universe. Man, aided by all the knowledge of his own elders and his brothers, takes thirty or forty years to outline that conception, but the humble19 dog has to unravel20 it for himself in a few days: and yet, in the eyes of a god, who should know all things, would it not have the same weight and the same value as our own?
It was a question, then, of studying the ground, which can[Pg 9] be scratched and dug up and which sometimes reveals surprising things; of casting at the sky, which is uninteresting, for there is nothing there to eat, one glance that does away with it for good and all; of discovering the grass, the admirable and green grass, the springy and cool grass, a field for races and sports, a friendly and boundless bed, in which lies hidden the good and wholesome21 couch-grass. It was a question, also, of taking promiscuously[Pg 10] a thousand urgent and curious observations. It was necessary, for instance, with no other guide than pain, to learn to calculate the height of objects from the top of which you can jump into space; to convince yourself that it is vain to pursue birds who fly away and that you are unable to clamber up trees after the cats who defy you there; to distinguish between the sunny spots where it is delicious to sleep and the patches of shade[Pg 11] in which you shiver; to remark with stupefaction that the rain does not fall inside the houses, that water is cold, uninhabitable and dangerous, while fire is beneficent at a distance, but terrible when you come too near; to observe that the meadows, the farm-yards and sometimes the roads are haunted by giant creatures with threatening horns, creatures good-natured, perhaps, and, at any rate, silent, creatures who allow you to sniff22 at them[Pg 12] a little curiously23 without taking offence, but who keep their real thoughts to themselves. It was necessary to learn, as the result of painful and humiliating experiment, that you are not at liberty to obey all nature's laws without distinction in the dwelling24 of the gods; to recognize that the kitchen is the privileged and most agreeable spot in that divine dwelling, although you are hardly allowed to abide25 in it because of the cook, who is a considerable,[Pg 13] but jealous power; to learn that doors are important and capricious volitions, which sometimes lead to felicity, but which most often, hermetically closed, mute and stern, haughty26 and heartless, remain deaf to all entreaties27; to admit, once and for all, that the essential good things of life, the indisputable blessings28, generally imprisoned29 in pots and stewpans, are almost always inaccessible30; to know how to look at them with laboriously-acquired indifference31[Pg 14] and to practise to take no notice of them, saying to yourself that here are objects which are probably sacred, since merely to skim them with the tip of a respectful tongue is enough to let loose the unanimous anger of all the gods of the house.
And then, what is one to think of the table on which so many things happen that cannot be guessed; of the derisive32 chairs on which one is forbidden to sleep; of the plates and dishes [Pg 15]that are empty by the time that one can get at them; of the lamp that drives away the dark?... How many orders, dangers, prohibitions33, problems, enigmas34 has one not to classify in one's overburdened memory!... And how to reconcile all this with other laws, other enigmas, wider and more imperious, which one bears within one's self, within one's instinct, which spring up and develop from one hour to the other, which come from the depths of[Pg 16] time and the race, invade the blood, the muscles and the nerves and suddenly assert themselves more irresistibly35 and more powerfully than pain, the word of the master himself, or the fear of death?
Thus, for instance, to quote only one example, when the hour of sleep has struck for men, you have retired36 to your hole, surrounded by the darkness, the silence and the formidable solitude37 of the night. All is sleep[Pg 17] in the master's house. You feel yourself very small and weak in the presence of the mystery. You know that the gloom is peopled with foes38 who hover39 and lie in wait. You suspect the trees, the passing wind and the moonbeams. You would like to hide, to suppress yourself by holding your breath. But still the watch must be kept; you must, at the least sound, issue from your retreat, face the invisible and bluntly disturb the imposing40 silence of the[Pg 18] earth, at the risk of bringing down the whispering evil or crime upon yourself alone. Whoever the enemy be, even if he be man, that is to say, the very brother of the god whom it is your business to defend, you must attack him blindly, fly at his throat, fasten your perhaps sacrilegious teeth into human flesh, disregard the spell of a hand and voice similar to those of your master, never be silent, never attempt to escape, never[Pg 19] allow yourself to be tempted41 or bribed42 and, lost in the night without help, prolong the heroic alarm to your last breath.
There is the great ancestral duty, the essential duty, stronger than death, which not even man's will and anger are able to check. All our humble history, linked with that of the dog in our first struggles against every breathing thing, tends to prevent his forgetting it. And when, in our safer dwelling-places of to-day,[Pg 20] we happen to punish him for his untimely zeal43, he throws us a glance of astonished reproach, as though to point out to us that we are in the wrong and that, if we lose sight of the main clause in the treaty of alliance which he made with us at the time when we lived in caves, forests and fens44, he continues faithful to it in spite of us and remains45 nearer to the eternal truth of life, which is full of snares46 and hostile forces.[Pg 21]
But how much care and study are needed to succeed in fulfilling this duty! And how complicated it has become since the days of the silent caverns47 and the great deserted48 lakes! It was all so simple, then, so easy and so clear. The lonely hollow opened upon the side of the hill, and all that approached, all that moved on the horizon of the plains or woods, was the unmistakable enemy.... But to-day you can no longer tell....[Pg 22] You have to acquaint yourself with a civilization of which you disapprove49, to appear to understand a thousand incomprehensible things.... Thus, it seems evident that henceforth the whole world no longer belongs to the master, that his property conforms to unintelligible50 limits.... It becomes necessary, therefore, first of all to know exactly where the sacred domain51 begins and ends. Whom are you to suffer, whom to stop?... There is[Pg 23] the road by which every one, even the poor, has the right to pass. Why? You do not know; it is a fact which you deplore52, but which you are bound to accept. Fortunately, on the other hand, here is the fair path which none may tread. This path is faithful to the sound traditions; it is not to be lost sight of; for by it enter into your daily existence the difficult problems of life.
Would you have an example? You are sleeping peacefully in[Pg 24] a ray of the sun that covers the threshold of the kitchen with pearls. The earthenware53 pots are amusing themselves by elbowing and nudging one another on the edge of the shelves trimmed with paper lace-work. The copper54 stewpans play at scattering55 spots of light over the smooth white walls. The motherly stove hums a soft tune56 and dandles three saucepans blissfully dancing; and, from the little hole that lights up its inside, defies the good dog[Pg 25] who cannot approach, by constantly putting out at him its fiery57 tongue. The clock, bored in its oak case, before striking the august hour of meal time, swings its great gilt58 navel to and fro; and the cunning flies tease your ears. On the glittering table lie a chicken, a hare, three partridges, besides other things which are called fruits—peaches, melons, grapes—and which are all good for nothing. The cook guts59 a big silver fish[Pg 26] and throws the entrails (instead of giving them to you!) into the dust-bin. Ah, the dust-bin! Inexhaustible treasury60, receptacle of windfalls, the jewel of the house! You shall have your share of it, an exquisite61 and surreptitious share; but it does not do to seem to know where it is. You are strictly forbidden to rummage62 in it. Man in this way prohibits many pleasant things, and life would be dull indeed and your days empty if you had to obey all[Pg 27] the orders of the pantry, the cellar and the dining-room. Luckily, he is absent-minded and does not long remember the instructions which he lavishes63. He is easily deceived. You achieve your ends and do as you please, provided you have the patience to await the hour. You are subject to man, and he is the one god; but you none the less have your own personal, exact and imperturbable64 morality, which proclaims aloud that illicit65 acts become most lawful66[Pg 28] through the very fact that they are performed without the master's knowledge. Therefore, let us close the watchful67 eye that has seen. Let us pretend to sleep and to dream of the moon....
Hark! A gentle tapping at the blue window that looks out on the garden! What is it? Nothing; a bough68 of hawthorn69 that has come to see what we are doing in the cool kitchen. Trees are inquisitive70 and often excited; but they do not count, one has[Pg 29] nothing to say to them, they are irresponsible, they obey the wind, which has no principles.... But what is that? I hear steps!... Up, ears open; nose on the alert!... It is the baker71 coming up to the rails, while the postman is opening a little gate in the hedge of lime-trees. They are friends; it is well; they bring something: you can greet them and wag your tail discreetly72 twice or thrice, with a patronizing smile....[Pg 30]
Another alarm! What is it now? A carriage pulls up in front of the steps. The problem is a complex one. Before all, it is of consequence to heap copious73 insults on the horses, great, proud beasts, who make no reply. Meantime, you examine out of the corner of your eye the persons alighting. They are well-clad and seem full of confidence. They are probably going to sit at the table of the gods. The proper thing is to bark without acrimony, with a[Pg 31] shade of respect, so as to show that you are doing your duty, but that you are doing it with intelligence. Nevertheless, you cherish a lurking74 suspicion and, behind the guests' backs, stealthily, you sniff the air persistently75 and in a knowing way, in order to discern any hidden intentions.
But halting footsteps resound76 outside the kitchen. This time it is the poor man dragging his crutch77, the unmistakable enemy, the hereditary78 enemy, the direct[Pg 32] descendant of him who roamed outside the bone-cramped cave which you suddenly see again in your racial memory. Drunk with indignation, your bark broken, your teeth multiplied with hatred79 and rage, you are about to seize their reconcilable adversary80 by the breeches, when the cook, armed with her broom, the ancillary81 and forsworn sceptre, comes to protect the traitor82, and you are obliged to go back to your hole, where, with eyes filled with impotent[Pg 33] and slanting83 flames, you growl84 out frightful85, but futile86 curses, thinking within yourself that this is the end of all things, and that the human species has lost its notion of justice and injustice87....
Is that all? Not yet; for the smallest life is made up of innumerous duties, and it is a long work to organize a happy existence upon the borderland of two such different worlds as the world of beasts and the world of men.[Pg 34] How should we fare if we had to serve, while remaining within our own sphere, a divinity, not an imaginary one, like to ourselves, because the offspring of our own brain, but a god actually visible, ever present, ever active and as foreign, as superior to our being as we are to the dog?
We now, to return to Pelléas, know pretty well what to do and how to behave on the master's premises88. But the world does not end at the house-door, and, [Pg 35]beyond the walls and beyond the hedge, there is a universe of which one has not the custody89, where one is no longer at home, where relations are changed. How are we to stand in the street, in the fields, in the market-place, in the shops? In consequence of difficult and delicate observations, we understand that we must take no notice of passers-by; obey no calls but the master's; be polite, with indifference, to strangers who pet us. Next, we must conscientiously90 fulfil[Pg 36] certain obligations of mysterious courtesy toward our brothers the other dogs; respect chickens and ducks; not appear to remark the cakes at the pastry-cook's, which spread themselves insolently91 within reach of the tongue; show to the cats, who, on the steps of the houses, provoke us by hideous92 grimaces93, a silent contempt, but one that will not forget; and remember that it is lawful and even commendable94 to chase and strangle mice, rats, wild rabbits and, generally[Pg 37] speaking, all animals (we learn to know them by secret marks) that have not yet made their peace with mankind.
All this and so much more!... Was it surprising that Pelléas often appeared pensive in the face of those numberless problems, and that his humble and gentle look was often so profound and grave, laden95 with cares and full of unreadable questions?
Alas96, he did not have time to finish the long and heavy task[Pg 38] which nature lays upon the instinct that rises in order to approach a brighter region.... An ill of a mysterious character, which seems specially97 to punish the only animal that succeeds in leaving the circle in which it is born; an indefinite ill that carries off hundreds of intelligent little dogs, came to put an end to the destiny and the happy education of Pelléas. And now all those efforts to achieve a little more light; all that ardour in loving, [Pg 39]that courage in understanding; all that affectionate gaiety and innocent fawning98; all those kind and devoted looks, which turned to man to ask for his assistance against unjust death; all those flickering99 gleams which came from the profound abyss of a world that is no longer ours; all those nearly human little habits lie sadly in the cold ground, under a flowering elder-tree, in a corner of the garden.
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innocence
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submission
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indifference
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disapprove
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