Poor Lucy seemed much upset. She was restless and uneasy all the time, and I cannot but think that her dreaming at night is telling on her. She is quite odd in one thing. She will not admit to me that there is any cause for restlessness, or if there be, she does not understand it herself.

Lucy is so sweet and sensitive that she feels influences more acutely than other people do. Just now she was quite upset by a little thing which I did not much heed, though I am myself very fond of animals. One of the men who came up here often to look for the boats was followed by his dog. The dog is always with him. They are both quiet persons, and I never saw the man angry, nor heard the dog bark. During the service the dog would not come to its master, who was on the seat with us, but kept a few yards off, barking and howling. Its master spoke to it gently, and then harshly, and then angrily. But it would neither come nor cease making a noise. It was in a fury, with its eyes savage, and all its hair bristling out like a cat's tail when kitty is on the warpath.

Vocabulary:

Restless: Not able to relax or concentrate
Telling: Having an effect
Acutely: Strongly
Heed: Pay attention to
Howling : A noise like 'Arrrrrooooo'.
Harsh: Not soft or gentle
Cease: Stop
Bristle: Hair that tands out stiffly
On the warpath: Looking for a fight