The white cat . atthe risk of being impertinent I was bound tosee what I could get out of him. Have you found any law governing thesealternations? 221 THE WHITE CAT Why, yes; I have good reason to believethey come in turn—^first one and then theother. I got up. I fancy he came as near to re-ceiving a blow on the point of the chin thatmoment, as he ever did in his life. But Iheld myself in check. Of course, if you think that its none ofmy business, Ill ask you no more questions,I said angrily. Oh, no! Oh, no! He shook his headwith a deprecatory wave. Only sometimesits easier to ask questions th
The white cat . atthe risk of being impertinent I was bound tosee what I could get out of him. Have you found any law governing thesealternations? 221 THE WHITE CAT Why, yes; I have good reason to believethey come in turn—^first one and then theother. I got up. I fancy he came as near to re-ceiving a blow on the point of the chin thatmoment, as he ever did in his life. But Iheld myself in check. Of course, if you think that its none ofmy business, Ill ask you no more questions,I said angrily. Oh, no! Oh, no! He shook his headwith a deprecatory wave. Only sometimesits easier to ask questions than to answerthem. This is a common enough case, as youknow, if you know anything about mild form of mania; thats all. Do you mean to say that you consider itmerely insanity? I demanded. Oh, were all insane, more or less, hepursued in his maddening, non-committalway. Insanity is a relative term, youknow. AH the world is queer but thee andme, and even thees a little queer, as the oldQuaker said. 222. Id like to know what you make of Miss Fieldings case. Page 221 THE WHITE CAT I did my best to keep my temper. Itsvery unfortuiiate, at all events. Oh, I dont know. We cant have toomany of such fine women as Miss Fielding,can we? Im sure Id like to know a half-dozen of them! You must confess its hard on her. Oh, it gives her something interesting tothink about. All alone here, you waved his long arm comprehensively overthe scene. But arent you trying to do anything forher? She surely wants to get over it. Iwas determined to push him into some defi-nite statement. But it was no use. Oh, shell come out all right, he replied,yawning behind his palm. Shes too fine a woman, as you Say; shehas too fine a character, too fine a mind—I began in protest. My dear Mr. Castle, women are alwayschanging their minds. His shoulders shookas he laughed silently at his own joke. Youll change yours, before Ive finished223 THE WHITE CAT with you, I said to myself. But there wasno u
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