overacalculatingmae.

    WidowNightpaihewindowsblack.

    Then,allatohecatmadeanoiselikesharplycrumpledpaper,anoiseofinquiryand.Arat?Kellyturolook.Thecat,headononeside,wassidering,withsuchscrupulousiythatitsprickledearsmetatthetips,somethinglyingonthefloorbesidethecrystalball,sothatatfirstitlookedasiftheglasseyehadshedatear.

    Butlookagain.

    Kellylookedagainaosobandgibber.

    Thecatroseupandbackedawayallinoneliquidmotion,hissing,itsbristlingtailstuckstraightup,stiffasabroomhaooscaredtopermiteventheimpulseofattackuponthecreature,aboutthesizeofalittlefihatpoppedoutofthecrystalballasiftheballhadbeenabubble.

    Butitspassagehasnotcrackedorfissuredtheball;itisstillwhole,hassealeditselfupagailyafterthedepartureoftheinfinitesimalchildwho,suddenlyreleasedfromhersuddenfi,nowexperimentallystretchesouthertinylimbstotestthelimitofthenewinvisiblecircumferencearoundher.

    Kellystammered:"Theremustbesomerationalexplanation!"

    Althoughtheyweretoosmallforhimtoseethem,herteethstillhadthetransparendnotchededgesofthefirststageofthesedset;herstraight,fairhairwasasternfringe;shescowledandsatupright,lookingaboutherwithevidentdisapproval.

    Thecat,cecstatically,nowknockedoveranalembidaquantityofelixirvitaeranawaythroughtherushes.Atthebang,theDoctorwokeandwasnotastooseeher.

    Hebadeheragracefulweleinthelanguageofthetawnypippit.

    Howdidshegetthere?

    Shewaskneelingoelpieceofthesittingroomoftheplaceshelived,lookingatherselfinthemirror.B