Then he saw himself in the unnecessarily mirrored door of the sideboard, and surveyed his image with an almost excited curiosity, and, it almost seemed, approbation.
[Illustration: He surveyed himself with an excited curiosity.] An idea struck Sir Tancred; he went out, took a cab, came back with an armful of toys, and set them in the middle of the room.

The child stared and stared at them with great eyes.

After a long while, in his stealthy, timid way, he made a few steps towards them, and scuttled back to Selina.

He sallied out again, came nearer to them, and fled back.

In the fourth attempt he carried off a little horse, and escaped with it behind the sofa.