Kate released him and mewed, "How about I give you some space. You get board you can keep Ann and Peel company. I'll take you back to the lake this weekend. There are just locals for the town Festival. The real fun will not happen until Saturday. Sara and I will be fine getting the house decorated and busy buying thing for the ball. You will just find it all boring fetch and carry."<br/><br/>Three days passed the only real event was Fluffy brought him a dead rodent and sniffed at him. He was too big or did not smell like a pure cat. She did not know what to think of the intruder in her territory. He was a giant compared to her. He could have eaten her alive. She would just stick her head and tail in the air when she saw him go into her human's bedroom at night. Fluffy spent the nights on Sara's bed.<br/><br/>On Saturday morning Ann made her famous biscuits with baked apples and sausage. She was too busy today helping cook tonight's supper for the Yearly ball. After breakfast the servants would be scurrying to get the house polished for the event. Kate sat next to Jasper for all meals. She left him Jasper to do as he wanted and so did the rest of the family. Ann would set out food and water and a pet bed for him beside the cooking fire in the kitchen.<br/><br/>After breakfast the house was too busy that Kate called, "Jasper, I am just in the way. Would you like to go for a sleigh ride to the lake. Jon and Sara want to ride with Peel into town. You and can go into town next week. Crowds just make you nervous." Kate dressed into a quilted skirt with warm underpinnings; a cotton. plain blouse, and blue sweater with a Scottie dog on the front. She waited in the hall once she was ready, "Jasper, I am ready. Be sure you have on long johns. Today is suppose to be nippy."