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Mentu =THE CAT The wild nature in Mentu is as strong as his inbred civilization; and the two are at strife to- gether. His heart and his appetite lead him back and back to the house; keep him there for days together, a dainty fine gentleman, warm-hearted, capricious. But the spirit of the wild creature rises in him, and the night comes when, at bedtime, no Mentu is waiting at the door to be let in; or in the evening, as he hears the wind rise and stir the branches, even while the rain beats on the window pane, the compelling power of out-of-doors is on him, and he must go ; and when the window is lifted, and the night air streams in, there is but one leap into the darkness. He will return early in the morning, tired and satiate, or spring in some evening as the dusk gathers, with gleaming eyes where the light of the wild woods flickers and dies down in the com- fortable firelight of an English home. This is the true cat, the real Mentu, this wild creature who must go on his mysterious errands; or who, I rather believe it, plunges out to revel in the intoxication of innumerable scents, unaccounted sounds, and the half-revealed forms of wood and field in twilight, in darkness, or in dawn. In his 114
THE CAT: soul he is a dramatist, an artist in sensation. He lives with human beings, he loves them, as we live with children and love them, and play their games. But the great world calls us, and we must go ; and Mentu's business in life is elsewhere. He lives in the half-lights, in secret places, free and alone, this mysterious little-great being whom his mistress calls " My cat." The Soul of a Cat Margaret Benson. 115
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THE CAT:<br />
soul he is a dramatist, an artist in sensation. He<br />
lives with human beings, he loves <strong>the</strong>m, as we live<br />
with children and love <strong>the</strong>m, and play <strong>the</strong>ir games.<br />
But <strong>the</strong> great world calls us, and we must go ; and<br />
Mentu's business in life is elsewhere. He lives<br />
in <strong>the</strong> half-lights, in secret places, free and alone,<br />
this mysterious little-great being whom his mistress<br />
calls " My <strong>cat</strong>."<br />
The Soul of a Cat<br />
Margaret Benson.<br />
115
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