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"Kindly just exaentleenially and nodded to the two

Laurie went straight across the open floor to the cabinet It was raised on four feet, about twelve inches fro from a bar within Laurie took these, and ran them to and fro; then he went into the cabinet It was entirely ele board that formed the seat As he cayman who had followed him in dead silence, and noent into the cabinet after him Laurie passed round behind: the little room was empty except for the piano at the back, and t bookshelves on either side of the fireless hearth Thelooking presuarden was shuttered from top to bottom, and barred, and the curtains were drawn back so that it could be seen A cat could not have hidden in the place It was all perfectly satisfactory

He ca silent, and the clergyentle

"Perfectly," said Laurie, and the clergyman bowed

"Well, then," said the other, "it is close upon nine"

He indicated the chairs, and hi the room vibrate as he went As he cahts but one went out

The four sat down Laurie watched Mr Vincent step up into the cabinet, jerk the curtains this way and that, and at last sit easily back, in such a way that his face could be seen in a kind of twilight, and the rest of his body perfectly visible

Then silence came down upon the roo after an excellent supper of herring-heads He had an appointment with a friend So he cleaned hi outside the pantry, evaded a couple of caresses fro footman lately come from the country, and finally leapt on the -sill, and sat there regarding the back garden, the sht of the pantry , and the chiht sky His tail moved with a soft ominous sinuousness as he looked

Presently he cliathered hi, and the next instant was seated on the boundary wall between his own house and that of Lady Laura's