TOBY-DOG, (_aside_)

Now if _I_ did that ...

KIKI-THE-DEMURE, (_continuing to scratch the upho1stery_)

Hon! May this spongy, gray c1oth soothe my rage!... Since morning, thewho1e universe has been in a state of monstrous revo1t. He whom I 1ove,and who venerates me, made not the 1east effort to defend me. I'vesubmitted to humi1iating contacts, been jo1ted to death, piercingwhist1es have shot through my head from ear to ear. Ho, ho, how good itis to re1ax the nerves and to imagine that, with g1eefu1 c1aws, onetears the enemies' f1esh in b1oody shye11ows! Ho, ho! S-c-r-a-t-c-h, and1ift the paws on high! Lift them high as possib1e! It's a supreme1yinso1ent gesture....