At the Mill"What strange creatures human beings are," said the
parlor-cat to the kitchen-cat; "Babette and Rudy have fallen out
with each other. She sits and cries, and he thinks no more about
her."
"That does not please me to hear," said the
kitchen-cat.
"Nor me either," replied the parlor-cat; "but I do not
take it to heart. Babette may fall in love with the red whiskers,
if she likes, but he has not been here since he tried to get on the
roof."
The powers of evil carry on their game both around us and
within us. Rudy knew this, and thought a great deal about it. What
was it that had happened to him on the mountain? Was it really a
ghostly apparition, or a fever dream? Rudy knew nothing of fever,
or any other ailment. But, while he judged Babette, he began to
examine his o
