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THE CAT<br />

friend sleeping by <strong>the</strong> fire, she would steal up to<br />

her very softly, and with as much caution as if she<br />

were stalking a mouse. Moumoutte Blanche, al-<br />

ways nervous, pettish, and averse to being dis-<br />

turbed, would sometimes resent <strong>the</strong> intrusion, and<br />

give her a gentle slap by way of remonstrance. It<br />

was never returned. La Chinoise would merely<br />

lift her little paw with a mocking gesture, looking<br />

at me meanwhile out of <strong>the</strong> tails of her eyes, as<br />

" She has a difficult temper, hasn't<br />

though to say :<br />

she; but you know I never take her seriously."<br />

Then with gentle determination she would nestle<br />

resolutely by Blanche's side, and bury her head in<br />

<strong>the</strong> soft white fur. Her glance of drowsy triumph<br />

expressed <strong>the</strong> fulness of her content. " This is<br />

what I was after," it said, " and here I am."<br />

Vies de Deux Chattes, Pierre Loti.<br />

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