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 at his friend, the Captain, as though asking for something, and ran to the top of the stairs.

The policeman was just going to leave with his prisoner, but he couldn't take his eyes off the Cat. "He wants something to eat," said the policeman.

"He can have anything he wants in this house," said the Captain, starting for the stairs.

Susannah didn't say anything, but before the Captain was halfway down she had hurried to the ice box. And the beautiful long slice of white chicken meat she had put away as a special treat for herself went into the Cat's saucer.