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"There isn't a cat in it, for example?"
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"No. What a strange idea!"
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"Well, look at this!" He took up a small saucer of milk which stood on the top of it.
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"No; we don't keep a cat. But there is a cheetah and a baboon."
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"Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I daresay. There is one point which I should wish to determine." He squatted down in front of the wooden chair and examined the seat of it with the greatest attention.
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"Thank you. That is quite settled," said he, rising and putting his lens in his pocket. "Hello! Here is something interesting!"
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The object which had caught his eye was a small dog lash hung on one corner of the bed. The lash, however, was curled upon itself and tied so as to make a loop of whipcord.
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