CHAPTER XIV.
In the meantime, Zo had become the innocent cause of a difference of opinion between two no less dissimilar personages than Maria and the duenna.
Having her mind full of the sick monkey, the child felt a natural curiosity to see the other monkeys who were well.

Amiable Miss Minerva consulted her young friend from Italy before she complied with Zo's wishes.

Would Miss Carmina like to visit the monkey-house?
Ovid's cousin, remembering Ovid's promise, looked towards the end of the walk.
He was not returning to her--he was not even in sight.

Carmina resigned herself to circumstances, with a little air of pique which was duly registered in Miss Minerva's memory.
Arriving at the monkey-house, Teresa appeared in a new character.

She surprised her companions by showing an interest in natural history.
"Are they all monkeys in that big place ?" she asked.