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 "That cat has been our bane," she declared with energy. Then answering Owen's look, "Laura said that you should have charge of him, and this—this fellow became, became—Oh, he dared speak so to us! Laura, this ridiculous beast of yours—"

Her lips narrowed into a line of precision.

"It shall trouble us no more," she asserted. "Hereafter, I shall look to it myself."

"But Mrs. Holborow—" began Scarlett.

"Not a word, please!" Aunt Julia d her chin taut home. "Let us drop this subject here. The cat, if we keep it, is in my charge."