They came up through the floor and out through the walls, and gambolled there in their light-hearted, reckless way till daylight.
The rats and mice Amenda did not object to.

She said she liked to watch them.

But against the blackbeetles she was prejudiced.

Therefore, when my wife informed her that MacShaughnassy's aunt had given us an infallible recipe for their annihilation, she rejoiced.
We purchased the materials, manufactured the mixture, and put it about.
The beetles came and ate it.

They seemed to like it.