`` What is it now ? '' cried Ismay , beholding my face . I held out the telegram . It was from Aunt Cynthia . She had wired us to send Fatima to Halifax by express immediately . For the first time Max did not seem ready to rush into the breach with a suggestion . It was I who spoke first . `` Max , '' I said , imploringly , `` you 'll see us through this , wo n't you ? 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 XXXXX a pretty mess . ''
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