Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Don’t excite yourself, my precious one. Allow me. Your Guess certainly has his good points. He’s purebred, firm on his feet, has well — sprung ribs, and all that. But, any dear man, if you want to know the truth, that dog has two defects : he’s old and he’s short in the muzzle.

1. Who speaks these words to whom?
2. Why is the listener excited?
3. Give the meaning of the word ‘purebred’.

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