Аня с острова Принца Эдуарда

Adjusted Relationships

           

           Anne,walkinghomefromRedmondafewdaysafterherreturn,becameawarethatthepeoplethatshemetsurveyedherwithacovert,indulgentsmile.Annewondereduneasilywhatwasthematterwithher.Washerhatcrooked?Washerbeltloose?Craningherheadtoinvestigate,Anne,forthefirsttime,sawRusty.

           Trottingalongbehindher,closetoherheels,wasquitethemostforlornspecimenofthecattribeshehadeverbeheld.Theanimalwaswellpastkitten-hood,lank,thin,disreputablelooking.Piecesofbothearswerelacking,oneeyewastemporarilyoutofrepair,andonejowlludicrouslyswollen.Asforcolor,ifaonceblackcathadbeenwellandthoroughlysingedtheresultwouldhaveresembledthehueofthiswaif’sthin,draggled,unsightlyfur.

           Anne“shooed,”butthecatwouldnot“shoo.”Aslongasshestoodhesatbackonhishaunchesandgazedatherreproachfullyoutofhisonegoodeye;whensheresumedherwalkhefollowed.AnneresignedherselftohiscompanyuntilshereachedthegateofPatty’sPlace,whichshecoldlyshutinhisface,fondlysupposingshehadseenthelastofhim.Butwhen,fifteenminuteslater,Philopenedthedoor,theresattherusty-browncatonthestep.More,hepromptlydartedinandspranguponAnne’slapwithahalf-pleading,half-triumphant“miaow.”

           “Anne,”saidStellaseverely,“doyouownthatanimal?”

           “No,IdoNOT,”protesteddisgustedAnne.“Thecreaturefollowedmehomefromsomewhere.Icouldn’tgetridofhim.Ugh,getdown.Ilikedecentcatsreasonablywell;butIdon’tlikebeastiesofyourcomplexion.

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