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recovered his temper and went off at full speed 

 over the dunes. 



Graymalkin naturally thought she had seen 

 the last of him. Leaving her hiding-place, she 

 went and sat by the mouth of a rabbit-hole, 

 to try to secure one of the occupants when 

 it came out. She might have been there a 

 quarter of an hour when to her surprise she 

 saw the jack pass on his way to the beach. He 

 was making straight for the rocks. Without 

 a moment's hesitation she followed, so quickly 

 that when he reached the point of the rocks, 

 she had gained the shore end and cut off his 

 retreat. Yellow though she was, it is a wonder 

 that he did not see her as she crossed the 

 sand, but he did not ; what first drew his 

 attention was the mewing noise she made 

 whilst creeping panther-like to the spot where 

 the rocks contract to a narrow waist which the 

 hare must pass. There she stopped. At sight 

 of the hideous creature he realised the straits 

 he was in, and in his terror backed involuntarily 

 nearer and nearer to the edge ; the sea as it 

 surged over the rock reached half-way up his 

 legs, the spray drenched him, but he seemed 

 indifferent to it all. He looked thoroughly woe- 

 begone ; he was surely doomed ; if the sea did 

 not get him, the cat would. Presently he stopped 



