But he said , `` I have come to see you , Miss Baker . ' `` I asked him to sit down , for the sake of my own manners , and then I stood there right in the middle of the floor and gazed at him as contemptuously as I could . In spite of his brazen assurance this seemed to rattle him a little ; but he began trying to look sentimental at me out of his little piggy eyes , and all at once an awful suspicion flashed into my mind . Something told me , Mrs. Dr. dear , that I was about to receive my first proposal . I have always thought that I would like to have just one offer of marriage to reject , so that I might be able to look other women in the face , but you will not hear me bragging of this . I consider it an insult and if I could have thought of any way of preventing it I would . But just then , Mrs. Dr. dear , you will see I was at a disadvantage , being taken so completely by surprise . Some men , I am told , consider a little preliminary courting the proper thing before a proposal , if only to give fair warning of their intentions ; but Whiskers-on-the-moon probably thought it was any port in a storm for me and that I would jump at him . Well , he is undeceived -- yes , he is undeceived , Mrs. Dr. dear . I wonder if he has stopped running yet . '' `` I understand that you do n't feel flattered , Susan . But could n't you have refused him a little more delicately than by chasing him off the premises in such a fashion ? '' `` Well , maybe I might have , Mrs. Dr. dear , and I intended to , but one remark he made aggravated me beyond my powers of endurance . If it had not been for that I would not have chased him with my dye-pot . I will tell you the whole interview . Whiskers sat down , as I have said , and right beside him on another chair Doc was lying . The animal was pretending to be asleep but I knew very well he was not , for he has been Hyde all day and Hyde never sleeps . By the way , Mrs. Dr. dear , have you noticed that that cat is far oftener Hyde than Jekyll now ? The more victories Germany wins the Hyder he becomes . I leave you to draw your own conclusions from that .
I suppose Whiskers thought he might curry favour with me by praising the creature , little dreaming what my real sentiments towards it were , so he stuck out his pudgy hand and stroked Mr. XXXXX 's back .
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