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I
did
so
,
and
found
that
I
was
gazing
into
a
large
,
empty
room
,
with
stone
flags
,
and
small
,
barred
windows
upon
the
farther
wall
.
In
the
centre
of
this
room
,
lying
in
the
middle
of
a
golden
patch
of
sunlight
,
there
was
stretched
a
huge
creature
,
as
large
as
a
tiger
,
but
as
black
and
sleek
as
ebony
.
It
was
simply
a
very
enormous
and
very
well
-
kept
black
cat
,
and
it
cuddled
up
and
basked
in
that
yellow
pool
of
light
exactly
as
a
cat
would
do
.
It
was
so
graceful
,
so
sinewy
,
and
so
gently
and
smoothly
diabolical
,
that
I
could
not
take
my
eyes
from
the
opening
.
"
Isn
’
t
he
splendid
?
"
said
my
host
,
enthusiastically
.
"
Glorious
!
I
never
saw
such
a
noble
creature
.
"
"
Some
people
call
it
a
black
puma
,
but
really
it
is
not
a
puma
at
all
.
That
fellow
is
nearly
eleven
feet
from
tail
to
tip
.
Four
years
ago
he
was
a
little
ball
of
black
fluff
,
with
two
yellow
eyes
staring
out
of
it
.
He
was
sold
me
as
a
new
-
born
cub
up
in
the
wild
country
at
the
head
-
waters
of
the
Rio
Negro
.
They
speared
his
mother
to
death
after
she
had
killed
a
dozen
of
them
.
"
"
They
are
ferocious
,
then
?
"
"
The
most
absolutely
treacherous
and
bloodthirsty
creatures
upon
earth
.
You
talk
about
a
Brazilian
cat
to
an
up
-
country
Indian
,
and
see
him
get
the
jumps
.
They
prefer
humans
to
game
.
This
fellow
has
never
tasted
living
blood
yet
,
but
when
he
does
he
will
be
a
terror
.
At
present
he
won
’
t
stand
anyone
but
me
in
his
den
.
Even
Baldwin
,
the
groom
,
dare
not
go
near
him
.
As
to
me
,
I
am
his
mother
and
father
in
one
.
"
As
he
spoke
he
suddenly
,
to
my
astonishment
,
opened
the
door
and
slipped
in
,
closing
it
instantly
behind
him
.
At
the
sound
of
his
voice
the
huge
,
lithe
creature
rose
,
yawned
and
rubbed
its
round
,
black
head
affectionately
against
his
side
,
while
he
patted
and
fondled
it
.
"
Now
,
Tommy
,
into
your
cage
!
"
said
he
.
The
monstrous
cat
walked
over
to
one
side
of
the
room
and
coiled
itself
up
under
a
grating
.
