Behind her stood Miss Hendersyde looking very anxious.
There was a heavy frown on Lady Ryehampton's stern face; and when they rose to welcome her, she greeted them with severe stiffness.

To Erebus, the instructor of parrots, she gave only one finger.
Then in deep portentous tones she said: "I came down to pay a surprise visit to your cats' home.

I always do.

It's the only way I can make sure that the poor dear things are receiving proper treatment." The frown on her face grew rhadamanthine.

"And last night I saw your Uncle Maurice at the station--he did not see me--with cats, London cats, in baskets.