In truth, Wolf seemed to have forgotten Lady. But Lad had not. Every
morning, the moment he was released from the house, Lad would trot
over to Lady's empty kennel to see if by any chance she had come back
to him during the night. There was eager hope in his big dark eyes as he
hurried over to the vacant kennel. There was dejection in every line of
his body as he turned away from his hopeless quest.which best word goes with this passage embarrassed, protected, missed, amused.
