Neither Ismay nor I can rush off to Halifax at once . You must go to-morrow morning . Go right to 110 Hollis Street and ask for ` Persian . ' If the cat looks enough like Fatima , buy it and take it to Aunt Cynthia . If it does n't -- but it must ! You 'll go , wo n't you ? '' `` That depends , '' said Max . I stared at him . This was so unlike Max . `` You are sending me on a nasty errand , '' he said , coolly . `` How do I know that Aunt Cynthia will be deceived after all , even if she be short-sighted . Buying a cat in a joke is a huge risk . And if she should see through the scheme I shall be in a pretty mess . '' `` Oh , Max , '' I said , on the verge of tears . `` Of course , '' said Max , looking meditatively into the fire , `` if I were really one of the family , or had any reasonable prospect of being so , I would not mind so much . It would be all in the day 's work then . But as it is -- '' Ismay got up and went out of the room . `` Oh , Max , please , '' I said . `` Will you marry me , Sue ? '' demanded Max sternly .
`` If you will agree , I 'll go XXXXX Halifax and beard the lion in his den unflinchingly .
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