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           Inonerespect,ifinnoother,Josephwaslikealilyofthefield.Hetoilednotneitherdidhespinorcatchmice.YetSolomoninallhisglorysleptnotonsoftercushions,orfeastedmorefullyonfatthings.

           JosephandtheSarah-catarrivedbyexpressinseparateboxes.Aftertheyhadbeenreleasedandfed,Josephselectedthecushionandcornerwhichappealedtohim,andtheSarah-catgravelysatherselfdownbeforethefireandproceededtowashherface.Shewasalarge,sleek,gray-and-whitecat,withanenormousdignitywhichwasnotatallimpairedbyanyconsciousnessofherplebianorigin.ShehadbeengiventoAuntJamesinabyherwasherwoman.

           “HernamewasSarah,somyhusbandalwayscalledpusstheSarah-cat,”explainedAuntJamesina.“Sheiseightyearsold,andaremarkablemouser.Don’tworry,Stella.TheSarah-catNEVERfightsandJosephrarely.”

           “They’llhavetofighthereinself-defense,”saidStella.

           AtthisjunctureRustyarrivedonthescene.Heboundedjoyouslyhalfwayacrosstheroombeforehesawtheintruders.Thenhestoppedshort;histailexpandeduntilitwasasbigasthreetails.Thefuronhisbackroseupinadefiantarch;Rustyloweredhishead,utteredafearfulshriekofhatredanddefiance,andlaunchedhimselfattheSarah-cat.

           Thestatelyanimalhadstoppedwashingherfaceandwaslookingathimcuriously.Shemethisonslaughtwithonecontemptuoussweepofhercapablepaw.Rustywentrollinghelplesslyoverontherug;hepickedhimselfupdazedly.Whatsortofacatwasthiswhohadboxedhisears?HelookeddubiouslyattheSarah-cat.

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