Topaz beng Washed. 37

sionally. This picture will do to represent Topaz
being washed by the housekeeper and footman ;
only we must suppose it all happened about a
century ago, when footmen sometimes wore
cocked hats. The footman has to help, you
see, because Mrs. Topaz does not like being

 

 

 

 

 

washed, and scratches if she is not held tight.
After her bath, she makes a rule, as soon as she
is let loose, of getting into the coal-scuttle, thus
undoing the effect of the washing, and changing
herself into a black cat. After that she gene-
rally takes a run upstairs, jumps upon her mis-
tress’s bed, and rubs herself upon the counter-
pane till she recovers her natural colour again.