There was a plaintive little mew -- a long quiver -- and Paddy 's friendly soul had fared forth to wherever it is that good cats go . `` Well , he 's gone , '' said Dan , turning his back abruptly to us . `` It does n't seem as if it can be true , '' sobbed Cecily . `` This time yesterday morning he was full of life . '' `` He drank two full saucers of cream , '' moaned Felicity , `` and I saw him catch a mouse in the evening . Maybe it was the last one he ever caught . '' `` He did for many a mouse in his day , '' said Peter , anxious to pay his tribute to the departed . '' ` He was a cat -- take him for all in all . We shall not look upon his like again , ' '' quoted Uncle Blair . Felicity and Cecily and Sara Ray cried so much that Aunt Janet lost patience completely and told them sharply that they would have something to cry for some day -- which did not seem to comfort them much . The Story Girl shed no tears , though the look in her eyes hurt more than weeping . `` After all , perhaps it 's for the best , '' she said drearily . `` I 've been feeling so badly over having to go away and leave Paddy . No matter how kind you 'd all be to him I know he 'd miss me terribly . He was n't like most cats who do n't care who comes and goes as long as they get plenty to eat . Paddy would n't have been contented without me . '' `` Oh , no-o-o , oh , no-o-o , '' wailed Sara Ray lugubriously . Felix shot a disgusted glance at her . `` I do n't see what YOU are making such a fuss about , '' he said unfeelingly . `` He was n't your cat . ''
`` But I l-l-oved him , '' XXXXX Sara , `` and I always feel bad when my friends d-do . ''
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