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360 heat to bear. I hope you'll enjoy the dinnersuch as it is; and that you won't mind the heatsuch as it isn't."

The sentence sounded well, but somehow I couldn't quite understand it; and the Other Professor seemed to be no better off. "Such as it isn't what?" he peevishly enquired.

"It isn't as hot as it might be," the Professor replied, catching at the first idea that came to hand.

"Ah, I see what you mean now!" the Other Professor graciously remarked. "It's very badly expressed, but I quite see it now! Thirteen minutes and a half ago," he went on, looking first at Bruno and then at his watch as he spoke, "you said 'this Cat's very kind to the Mouses.' It must be a singular animal!"

"So it are!" said Bruno, after carefully examining the Cat, to make sure how many there were of it.

"But how do you know it's kind to the Mousesor, more correctly speaking, the Mice?"

"'cause it plays with the Mouses," said Bruno; "for to amuse them, oo know."