The packing adventure had already gone topsy-turvy due to the chaos created by George and Harris but the entry of Montmorency was responsible for adding fuel to the fire. Montmorency’s highest ambition of poking his nose in places where he was not required and the eventual scolding and cursing were his ‘inborn natural and original sin.’ His blunder of coming and sitting on things ready to be packed along with the instance where he had put his leg in the jar of the jam and then ultimately entering the hamper and killing the lemons which he pretended to be rats throw light on the ways where he could become a ‘perfect nuisance.’