
So pe a 
The Gentlemen of the Family 
her zigzag staircase at the centre. She 
is fully ten times his size, and you can- 
not much blame her for turning up her 
nose at this diminutive lover. If he 
ventures near her, she loses her self- 
possession in an instant, and rushes 
at him with open jaws. 
He usually es xv /~\z capes by 
swinging out <7” $y. \ of th 
web on a / é fat 
thread. “| 
Mrs. House- 
Spider isnot < 
so fierce; she & 
permits her hus- — % 
band to live in the same 
house with her days at « pushes at him 
atime. Shehasaqueer “2s” 
habit of standing still and shaking the 
web, by pulling certain threads with her 
feet, the moment he enters. Whether 
this is intended as a greeting, or as 
a warning, | do not know. At any 
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