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The Twenty-first Of October
True,hestartedupstairstohislonelycotbellowingdismally,beforehimadrearyfutureofpainsandpenalties,sufficienttolasttothecrackofdoom.Outsidehisdoor,however,hetumbledoverAugustusthecat,andmadecaptureofhim;andatoncehismourningwaschangedintoasongoftriumph,asheconveyedhisprizeintoport.ForAugustus,whodetestedaboveallthingsgoingtobedwithlittleboys,wasevermoreknavethanfool,andthetrapperwhowaswilyenoughtoensnarehimhadachievedsomethingnotable.Augustus,whenherealizedthathisfatewassealed,andhisnight’slodgingsettled,wiselymadethebestofthings,andlistened,withalanguorousairofcompletecomprehension,totheincoherentbabbleconcerningpigsandheroes,molesandbonfires,whichservedHaroldforaself-sunglullaby.YetitmaybedoubtedwhetherAugustuswasoneofthoserarefellowswhothoroughlyunderstood.
ButSelinaknewnomoreofthissourceofconsolationthanofthesympathywithwhichthestarswerewinkingaboveher;anditwasonlyaftersomesadintervaloftime,andonaverymoistpillow,thatshedriftedintothatquaintinconsequentcountrywhereyoumaymeetyourownpetherostrollingdowntheroad,andcommitwhathair-brainedodditiesyoulike,andeverybodyunderstandsandappreciates.
