[RESOLVED] HTML sub directory problem

Having a problem with HTML sub directories. The browser indicates that it is operating in /dir2/subdir:
view-source:http://localhost:8080/dir2/subdir

The page source indicates that the file is located in /dir2/subdir:
<a href="dir2/subdir/Kitty.htm">Kitty.htm</a>

Yet when the get request is issued by the browser, it repeats the first directory:
GET /dir2/dir2/subdir/Kitty.htm HTTP/1.1

Does a browser keep track of directory movements?

J.A. Coutts