[The Terrible Twins by Edgar Jepson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Terrible Twins CHAPTER IV 27/33
What we have started it for was kittens--to save them from the awful death of drowning.
We wrote and told you.
And we've saved quite a lot." His limpid blue eyes were wells of candor. Lady Ryehampton uttered a short snort; and her eyes flashed. "Do you mean to tell me that your Uncle Maurice is fond enough of cats to bring them all the way from London to a cats' home at Deeping? He hates cats, and always has!" she said fiercely. "Of course, I hate cats," said Sir Maurice with cold severity.
"But I hate children's being brought up to be careless a great deal more.
A cats' home is not a cats' home unless it has cats in it; and you've been encouraging these children to grow up careless by calling a kittens' home a cats' home.
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