I was standing behind the sofa behind the table behind the chair behind the table behind the sofa when I became aware of a pair of bright black eyes, just barely visible, regarding me over the sofa seat. The top of his black head was visible too and his ears were perked up. Simon wanted up on the sofa, but Dexter the Beagle was already there. Given the look I was getting, Simon clearly wanted me to correct the situation in his favor.
While I was considering the eyes considering me, Dexter got down and left the room. Simon jumped up on the sofa, pulled a blanket over himself and disappeared. Crisis averted. Still, seeing a pair of eyes regarding me over a sofa seat was somewhat unnerving.
To recover, I walked back to the bedroom to take a nap on our new mattress.