"And if you come to think of it, Mum's stole is really more important than bicycles and a cats' home, though not so useful." "But it's different--we _had_ to have bicycles--you said so," said Erebus eagerly.
"Well, we've got to have this stole," said the Terror in a tone of finality; and the matter settled, his brow smoothed to its wonted serenity.
"But how ?" said Erebus eagerly.
"Things will occur to us.

They always do," said the Terror with a careless confidence.
They began to put the kittens into their hutches.

Half-way through the operation the Terror paused: "I wonder if we could sell any of these kittens?
Does any one ever buy kittens ?" "We did; we gave threepence each for these," said Erebus.
"Ah, but we had to buy something in the way of cats for the home.

We should never have bought a kitten but for that.

We shouldn't have dreamt of doing such a thing." "I should buy kittens if I were rich and hadn't got any," said Erebus in a tone of decision.
"You would, would you?
That's just what I wanted to know: girls will buy kittens," said the Terror in a tone of satisfaction.