BILLY AND HANS 



sleep in the familiar fur railway-rug 

 which was my bed-cover. At this 

 stage of his career Hans was perfectly 

 familiarised — came to me for his food 

 and drink, and climbed on me, getting 

 on my hand when held out to him ; 

 but always resisting being grasped 

 round the body, and always watching 

 diligently for a door left ajar. 



Arriving at Rome, I fitted up a deep 

 window recess for their home ; but 

 they always had the run of the study, 

 and Hans, while watching the chance- 

 opened door, and often escaping into 

 the adjoining rooms, made himself 

 apparently happy in his new quarters, 

 climbing the high curtains, racing 

 along the curtain-poles, and at inter- 

 vals making excursions to the top of 

 the book-case, though to both the 

 table at which I was at work soon 

 became the favourite resort, and their 



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