Susan settled down keenly , reading each one over aloud to extract all possible gratification from it . Mrs. Blythe and her visitor , Miss Cornelia -- alias Mrs. Marshall Elliott -- were chatting together near the open door that led to the veranda , through which a cool , delicious breeze was blowing , bringing whiffs of phantom perfume from the garden , and charming gay echoes from the vine-hung corner where Rilla and Miss Oliver and Walter were laughing and talking . Wherever Rilla Blythe was , there was laughter . There was another occupant of the living-room , curled up on a couch , who must not be overlooked , since he was a creature of marked individuality , and , moreover , had the distinction of being the only living thing whom Susan really hated . All cats are mysterious but Dr. Jekyll-and-Mr . Hyde -- `` Doc '' for short -- was trebly so . He was a cat of double personality -- or else , as Susan vowed , he was possessed by the devil . To begin with , there had been something uncanny about the very dawn of his existence . Four years previously Rilla Blythe had had a treasured darling of a kitten , white as snow , with a saucy black tip to its tail , which she called Jack Frost . Susan disliked Jack Frost , though she could not or would not give any valid reason therefor . `` Take my word for it , Mrs. Dr. dear , '' she was wont to say ominously , `` that cat will come to no good . '' `` But why do you think so ? '' Mrs. Blythe would ask . `` I do not think -- I know , '' was all the answer Susan would vouchsafe . With the rest of the Ingleside folk Jack Frost was a favourite ; he was so very clean and well groomed , and never allowed a spot or stain to be seen on his beautiful white suit ; he had endearing ways of purring and snuggling ; he was scrupulously honest . And then a domestic tragedy took place at Ingleside . Jack Frost had kittens ! It would be vain to try to picture Susan 's triumph . Had she not always insisted that that cat would turn out to be a delusion and a snare ? Now they could see for themselves !
Rilla kept one of the kittens , a very pretty one , with peculiarly sleek glossy fur of a dark yellow crossed XXXXX orange stripes , and large , satiny , golden ears .
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