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close my eyes, I liavo first become conscious of 

 uiiaccomitcil)lc restlessness, and, on opening my 

 eyes, by tlic liglit of tlie niglit-lamp I luive 

 fomid Brenda seated by me, intently gazing at 

 me. So often had it liappencd, perliaps once or 

 twice in two vears, tliat the moment I saw her I 

 knew what she said, and complied with her wishes. 

 The same sort of mesmerism I have much more 

 often seen exist in '^ Skim," a favourite deerhomid 

 of mine, the daughter of Smoker. . Skim, and a 

 lovely little white terrier, called '' Cress," had two 

 baskets to sleep in in my room, both made neat 

 and nice, and according to their size. At times, 

 when Skim chose to lie on tlie . rug by the fire- 

 place, or on the carpet. Cress used to leave her 

 little basket and get into Skim's, as small ''swells" 

 do into the great boots of the Household Brigade 

 of Cavalry, under a false impression that they 

 become tall by association. When Skim returned to 

 her basket, and found the little, round, comfortable 

 Cress rolled up in a ball in the middle of it, and 

 as fast asleep as such/a^ things so often are, Sknn 

 used simply to go up to her bed and stand stock- 

 . still, neither growling nor making any noise what- 

 ever, and in a sliort time Cress used to Avake up 



