178 Bob Robinson’s Baby

to have quite taken to him. Nevertheless,
it was most unjustifiable to remove him
without consulting me.”

Then Bob looked round the premises, and
flew back to Mrs. Bob.

“Their new place seems to be very small
—very inferior indeed,” he said; “and I
can’t find the four servants they had at the
other house—my house. I could only per-
ceive one—quite another class of servant,
with no style at all.”

A few days after that he said to Mrs.
Bob, “I’ve been looking round to see
how baby is getting on, and leaving a
few worms; and I noticed a card in the
upper window with some long word on it.
I shall have to inquire rather closely into
the suitability of any persons they may
introduce into the house to inhabit the
same premises as my baby. I think it
would be as well, Cecilia, for us to move
into the yew-tree in front of their new
premises ; we could then keep an eye upon
what goes on. Ha! Who is that person
alighting from a brougham and entering