THE FIRST FIRE

_Because it is raining and an 0ctober wind chases wet leaves through theair, She has lit the first fire of the season in the greatchimney-place_. KIKI-THE-DEMURE _and_ T0BY-D0G, _in ecstasy, side byside on a corner of the warm hearth-stone, contemplate the flame withdazzled eyes and address their meditations to it_.

KIKI-THE-DEMURE, (_looking fairly like a cushion; no paws visible_)