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Adeeppeacefelluponuswhentheywent，anditmusthavebeenatthismostreceptivemoment，whenalloursympathieswereadjustedinamoodofhospitableexpectation，thatJimappeared。
Jimwas，andstillis，andIhopewilllongbe，acat；butunlessonehaslivedatKitteryPoint，andrealized，fromobservationandexperience，whataleadingpartcatsmayplayinsociety，onecannotfeelthefullimportofthisfact。NotonlyhaseveryhouseinKitteryitscat，buteveryhouseseemstohaveitshalf-dozencats，large，little，old，andyoung；ofdiverscolors，tendingmostlytoadarktortoise-shell。Withawholeoceaninvitingtothetragicrite，IdonotbelievethereiseverakittendrownedinKittery；theillimitablesearatheremploysitselfinsupplyingthefishtowhich\"nocat\'saverse，\"butwhichthecatsofKitterydemandtohavecooked。Theydonotlikerawfish；theysayitplainly，andtheyprefertohavethebonestakenoutforthem，thoughtheydonotinsistuponthatpoint。
Atleast，Jimneverdidsofromthetimewhenhefirstscentedtheodorofdelicateyoungmackerelintheeveningairaboutourkitchen，anddroppedinuponthemaidstherewithafinecasualeffectofbeingmerelyoutforawalk，andfeelingitaneighborlythingtocall。Hehadonasilvercollar，engravedwithhisnameandsurname，whichoffereditselfforintroductionlikeavisiting-card。Hewastoopolitetoaskhimselftothetableatonce，butafterhehadbeenwelcomedtothefamilycircle，heformedthehabitoffindinghimselfwithusatbreakfastandsupper，whenhesaunteredinlikeonewhoshouldsay，\"DidIsmellfish？\"
butwouldnotgofurtherinthewayofhinting。