`` It 's a fact . I rang the bell , and was just going to ask the maid for ` Persian ' when your Aunt Cynthia herself came through the hall and pounced on me . '' '' ` Max , ' she said , ` have you brought Fatima ? ' '' ` No , ' I answered , trying to adjust my wits to this new development as she towed me into the library . ` No , I -- I -- just came to Halifax on a little matter of business . ' '' ` Dear me , ' said Aunt Cynthia , crossly , ' I do n't know what those girls mean . I wired them to send Fatima at once . And she has not come yet and I am expecting a call every minute from some one who wants to buy her . ' '' ` Oh ! ' I murmured , mining deeper every minute . '' ` Yes , ' went on your aunt , ` there is an advertisement in the Charlottetown Enterprise for a Persian cat , and I answered it . Fatima is really quite a charge , you know -- and so apt to die and be a dead loss , ' -- did your aunt mean a pun , girls ? -- ` and so , although I am considerably attached to her , I have decided to part with her . ' `` By this time I had got my second wind , and I promptly decided that a judicious mixture of the truth was the thing required . '' ` Well , of all the curious coincidences , ' I exclaimed . ` Why , Miss Ridley , it was I who advertised for a Persian cat -- on Sue 's behalf . She and Ismay have decided that they want a cat like Fatima for themselves . ' `` You should have seen how she beamed . She said she knew you always really liked cats , only you would never own up to it . We clinched the dicker then and there .
I passed her over your hundred and ten dollars -- she took the money without turning a hair -- and now you are the joint owners XXXXX Fatima .
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