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CHAPTER II.
THE WHITE DYNASTY.
Let us now come down to a more
modern epoch. From a cat imported
by Mademoiselle Aita de la Penuela,
a young Spanish artist whose studies
of white Angoras adorned and still adorn
the windows of the print-shops, we obtained
the tiniest possible kitten, which looked
like one of those puffs of swan's-down
which people use in rice-powder boxes.
On account of this immaculate whiteness,
he received the name of Pierrot, which, as
he grew larger, was amplified into that of
Don Pierrot de Navarre,—a name infinitely
more majestic and having a savor of
real grandeur about it. Don Pierrot, like
