The final picture

While Ginger was now firmly a member of the household he remained reserved and a little aloof, reserving any stroking or petting till times that interested him. The final breakthough came in the early hours of one morning when I sensed some unusual movement in the bed. Peering through the dark I was able to make out two sets of ginger hair on the pillow beside me. One belonged to my wife and the other a ginger cat comfortably stretched out half in and half out of the bed with his head luxuriating on the soft down. Ginger was now installed everywhere!