Happy cat! Silvio's mistress was manifestly pleased as I said: "Verdict, 'not guilty!'" Doctor Winchester after a pause observed: "My apologies to master Silvio on this occasion; but I am still puzzled to know why he is so keen against that mummy.

Is he the same toward the other mummies in the house?
There are, I suppose, a lot of them.
I saw three in the hall as I came in." "There are lots of them," she answered.

"I sometimes don't know whether I am in a private house or the British Museum.

But Silvio never concerns himself about any of them except that particular one.

I suppose it must be because it is of an animal, not a man or a woman." "Perhaps it is of a cat!" said the Doctor as he started up and went across the room to look at the mummy more closely.