THE CAT: 



soul he is a dramatist, an artist in sensation. He 

 lives with human beings, he loves them, as we live 

 with children and love them, and play their games. 

 But the great world calls us, and we must go ; and 

 Mentu's business in life is elsewhere. He lives 

 in the half-lights, in secret places, free and alone, — 

 this mysterious little-great being whom his mistress 

 calls " My cat." 



The Soul of a Cat 



Margaret Benson. 



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