It took him all day to get fur and feather to lie exactly as he wished them.

In the afternoon he asked the naturalist for a piece of flat board, three feet long, and a perch, but said that instead of the piece of board he should prefer mounting them in a case at once.

The old man had not one in the shop large enough, and therefore Frank arranged his group temporarily on the table.

On the board lay the cat.

At first sight she seemed asleep, but it was clearly only seeming.