IL 



AT BEDTIME. 



Not a movement or sound in the house 

 escaped the notice and the comments of the 

 marmoset. A glimpse of his own reflection in 

 the polished marble, or the glass of the book- 

 case, always set his head twitching, a strange, 

 quick jerking motion, that seemed to be involun- 

 tary. When a hand glass was placed on his 

 mantel, he twitched as he caught sight of him- 

 self in the beveled edge, but when he came into 

 full view he showed no curiosity about the mar- 

 moset before him, but an absorbing interest in 

 the room " through the looking-glass," at which 

 he stared so long as the glass stood there. 



No elderly maiden with notions was ever more 

 " set " against change than the monkey on the 

 mantel. A gentleman putting his feet upon a 

 chair he considered highly improper, and spoke 

 his mind at once, in a sharp, though musical 

 chatter. On one occasion of sudden company, 

 where the youth of teasing ways had to sleep in 

 the room, he was so excited and annoyed by his 

 presence that he positively could not go to sleep. 

 Drowsiness overcoming him, he went into his box 



