"I would like that very much," he answered simply, and now – well, he risked breaking a hand, if Jotnar went wild, but he was generally a very well-trained dog. Hopefully, he wouldn't.
"It will be all right, I hope, to have him here? I'd like to see if I could find someone who'd not mind him coming along on rides; I never particularly enjoyed more than a canter, me, and he certainly has one of those himself."
Jotnar sat there, and panted a little, and did his best to look exceptionally handsome and well-behaved and polite. (The little devil.)