Hyde . In his Dr. Jekyll mood the cat was a drowsy , affectionate , domestic , cushion-loving puss , who liked petting and gloried in being nursed and patted . Especially did he love to lie on his back and have his sleek , cream-coloured throat stroked gently while he purred in somnolent satisfaction . He was a notable purrer ; never had there been an Ingleside cat who purred so constantly and so ecstatically . `` The only thing I envy a cat is its purr , '' remarked Dr. Blythe once , listening to Doc 's resonant melody . `` It is the most contented sound in the world . '' Doc was very handsome ; his every movement was grace ; his poses magnificent . When he folded his long , dusky-ringed tail about his feet and sat him down on the veranda to gaze steadily into space for long intervals the Blythes felt that an Egyptian sphinx could not have made a more fitting Deity of the Portal . When the Mr. Hyde mood came upon him -- which it invariably did before rain , or wind -- he was a wild thing with changed eyes . The transformation always came suddenly . He would spring fiercely from a reverie with a savage snarl and bite at any restraining or caressing hand . His fur seemed to grow darker and his eyes gleamed with a diabolical light . There was really an unearthly beauty about him . If the change happened in the twilight all the Ingleside folk felt a certain terror of him . At such times he was a fearsome beast and only Rilla defended him , asserting that he was `` such a nice prowly cat . '' Certainly he prowled . Dr. Jekyll loved new milk ; Mr. Hyde would not touch milk and growled over his meat . Dr. Jekyll came down the stairs so silently that no one could hear him . Mr. Hyde made his tread as heavy as a man 's . Several evenings , when Susan was alone in the house , he `` scared her stiff , '' as she declared , by doing this .
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