This same library is my den--the only corner of the Hall-house where I am safe from the Ourang-Outangs, my cousins.

They never venture there, I suppose for fear the folios should fall down and crack their skulls; for they will never affect their heads in any other way--So follow me." And I followed through hall and bower, vaulted passage and winding stair, until we reached the room where she had ordered our refreshments..