Of course you can bring the cat if you feel like it, but
I shouldn't if I were you."
"I'll only take her in for a minute."
Timmy felt just a little sorry Radmore had refused to bring Puff along,
for he was well aware that a cat is never so fierce as when she imagines
she is defending her young.
They went off together, Radmore in front, Timmy, hugging Josephine,
behind. Just outside the drawing-room door the boy stopped for a moment,
and shifted the cat's weight from one arm to the other. There had come
over him a rather uncomfortable premonition of evil, but he now felt
strung up to go through with his experiment.
From within the drawing-room there came the sound of laughter and
talking. It was evident that the party was going well, and that everyone
in there was merry and at their ease.
"Would you mind opening the door, Godfrey?" There was a slight quiver of
apprehension in Timmy's voice.
Radmore opened the door, and for a fleeting moment he saw an attractive,
placid scene spread out before him.
The two girls, in their pretty light dresses, were standing by the wood
fire. On the sofa, to their left, with the light from one of the lamps
focussed full on her, sat Mrs.
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