he lettering of them is always
in gold."

"All right. I'll get some gold paint, and paint them over," said the
Terror readily, anxious to humor in every way this dispenser of
salaries.

"No, no, I can't give you the trouble of doing it all over again," said
Lady Ryehampton quickly. "I'll have a board made, and painted in
London--exactly like the board of my cats' home at Tysleworth--and sent
down to you to fix up."

"Thanks very much," said the Terror. "It will save me a great deal of
trouble. Painting isn't nearly so easy as it looks."

Lady Ryehampton breathed a sigh of satisfaction. She invited them all
to lunch at The Plough, where she had stayed the night; and Mrs.
Pittaway racked her brains and strained all the resources of her simple
establishment to make the lunch worthy of its giver. As she told her
neighbors later, nobody knew what it was to have a lady of title in the
house. The Twins enjoyed the lunch very much indeed; and even Erebus
was very quiet for two hours after it.

Lady Ryehampton came to tea at Colet House; she paid a last gloating
visit to the cats' home, wrote a check for ten pounds payable to the
Terror, and in a state of the liveliest satisfaction, took the train to
London.

Sir Maurice stayed till a later train, for he had no great desire to
travel with Lady Ryehampton. Besides, the question what was to be done
with the eight cats he had brought with him, remained to be settled.
He felt that he could not saddle the Twins with their care and up-keep,
since only his unfounded distrust had brought them to the cats' home.
At the same time he could not bring himself to travel with them any
more.

They discussed the matter. Erebus was inclined to keep the cats,
declaring that it would be so nice to grow their own kittens. The
Terror, looking at the question from the cold monetary point of view,
wished to be relieved of them. In the end it was decided that Sir
Maurice should make terms with one of the dealers from whom he had
bought them, and that the Twins should forward them to that dealer.

The next day the Twins discussed what should be done with this
unexpected ten pounds which Lady Ryehampton had bestowed on the home.
Erebus was for at once increasing their salaries to three shillings a
week. The cautious Terror would only raise them to ninepence each.
Then, keeping rather more than four pounds for current expenses, he put
fifteen pounds in the Post-Office Savings Bank.