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In
the
meantime
the
cat
slowly
recovered
.
The
socket
of
the
lost
eye
presented
,
it
is
true
,
a
frightful
appearance
,
but
he
no
longer
appeared
to
suffer
any
pain
.
He
went
about
the
house
as
usual
,
but
,
as
might
be
expected
,
fled
in
extreme
terror
at
my
approach
.
I
had
so
much
of
my
old
heart
left
,
as
to
be
at
first
grieved
by
this
evident
dislike
on
the
part
of
a
creature
which
had
once
so
loved
me
.
But
this
feeling
soon
gave
place
to
irritation
.
And
then
came
,
as
if
to
my
final
and
irrevocable
overthrow
,
the
spirit
of
PERVERSENESS
.
Of
this
spirit
philosophy
takes
no
account
.
Yet
I
am
not
more
sure
that
my
soul
lives
,
than
I
am
that
perverseness
is
one
of
the
primitive
impulses
of
the
human
heart
--
one
of
the
indivisible
primary
faculties
,
or
sentiments
,
which
give
direction
to
the
character
of
Man
.
Who
has
not
,
a
hundred
times
,
found
himself
committing
a
vile
or
a
silly
action
,
for
no
other
reason
than
because
he
knows
he
should
not
?
Have
we
not
a
perpetual
inclination
,
in
the
teeth
of
our
best
judgment
,
to
violate
that
which
is
Law
,
merely
because
we
understand
it
to
be
such
?
This
spirit
of
perverseness
,
I
say
,
came
to
my
final
overthrow
.
It
was
this
unfathomable
longing
of
the
soul
to
vex
itself
--
to
offer
violence
to
its
own
nature
--
to
do
wrong
for
the
wrong
's
sake
only
--
that
urged
me
to
continue
and
finally
to
consummate
the
injury
I
had
inflicted
upon
the
unoffending
brute
.
One
morning
,
in
cool
blood
,
I
slipped
a
noose
about
its
neck
and
hung
it
to
the
limb
of
a
tree
;
--
hung
it
with
the
tears
streaming
from
my
eyes
,
and
with
the
bitterest
remorse
at
my
heart
;
--
hung
it
because
I
knew
that
it
had
loved
me
,
and
because
I
felt
it
had
given
me
no
reason
of
offence
;
--
hung
it
because
I
knew
that
in
so
doing
I
was
committing
a
sin
--
a
deadly
sin
that
would
so
jeopardize
my
immortal
soul
as
to
place
it
--
if
such
a
thing
were
possible
--
even
beyond
the
reach
of
the
infinite
mercy
of
the
Most
Merciful
and
Most
Terrible
God
.
On
the
night
of
the
day
on
which
this
cruel
deed
was
done
,
I
was
aroused
from
sleep
by
the
cry
of
fire
.
The
curtains
of
my
bed
were
in
flames
.
The
whole
house
was
blazing
.
It
was
with
great
difficulty
that
my
wife
,
a
servant
,
and
myself
,
made
our
escape
from
the
conflagration
.
The
destruction
was
complete
.
My
entire
worldly
wealth
was
swallowed
up
,
and
I
resigned
myself
thenceforward
to
despair
.
I
am
above
the
weakness
of
seeking
to
establish
a
sequence
of
cause
and
effect
,
between
the
disaster
and
the
atrocity
.
But
I
am
detailing
a
chain
of
facts
--
and
wish
not
to
leave
even
a
possible
link
imperfect
.
On
the
day
succeeding
the
fire
,
I
visited
the
ruins
.
The
walls
,
with
one
exception
,
had
fallen
in
.
This
exception
was
found
in
a
compartment
wall
,
not
very
thick
,
which
stood
about
the
middle
of
the
house
,
and
against
which
had
rested
the
head
of
my
bed
.
The
plastering
had
here
,
in
great
measure
,
resisted
the
action
of
the
fire
--
a
fact
which
I
attributed
to
its
having
been
recently
spread
.
About
this
wall
a
dense
crowd
were
collected
,
and
many
persons
seemed
to
be
examining
a
particular
portion
of
it
with
every
minute
and
eager
attention
.
The
words
"
strange
!
"
"
singular
!
"
and
other
similar
expressions
,
excited
my
curiosity
.
I
approached
and
saw
,
as
if
graven
in
bas
relief
upon
the
white
surface
,
the
figure
of
a
gigantic
cat
.
The
impression
was
given
with
an
accuracy
truly
marvellous
.
There
was
a
rope
about
the
animal
's
neck
.
When
I
first
beheld
this
apparition
--
for
I
could
scarcely
regard
it
as
less
--
my
wonder
and
my
terror
were
extreme
.
But
at
length
reflection
came
to
my
aid
.
The
cat
,
I
remembered
,
had
been
hung
in
a
garden
adjacent
to
the
house
.
Upon
the
alarm
of
fire
,
this
garden
had
been
immediately
filled
by
the
crowd
--
by
some
one
of
whom
the
animal
must
have
been
cut
from
the
tree
and
thrown
,
through
an
open
window
,
into
my
chamber
.
This
had
probably
been
done
with
the
view
of
arousing
me
from
sleep
.
The
falling
of
other
walls
had
compressed
the
victim
of
my
cruelty
into
the
substance
of
the
freshly-spread
plaster
;
the
lime
of
which
,
had
then
with
the
flames
,
and
the
ammonia
from
the
carcass
,
accomplished
the
portraiture
as
I
saw
it
.
Although
I
thus
readily
accounted
to
my
reason
,
if
not
altogether
to
my
conscience
,
for
the
startling
fact
'
just
detailed
,
it
did
not
the
less
fall
to
make
a
deep
impression
upon
my
fancy
.
For
months
I
could
not
rid
myself
of
the
phantasm
of
the
cat
;
and
,
during
this
period
,
there
came
back
into
my
spirit
a
half-sentiment
that
seemed
,
but
was
not
,
remorse
.
I
went
so
far
as
to
regret
the
loss
of
the
animal
,
and
to
look
about
me
,
among
the
vile
haunts
which
I
now
habitually
frequented
,
for
another
pet
of
the
same
species
,
and
of
somewhat
similar
appearance
,
with
which
to
supply
its
place
.
One
night
as
I
sat
,
half
stupefied
,
in
a
den
of
more
than
infamy
,
my
attention
was
suddenly
drawn
to
some
black
object
,
reposing
upon
the
head
of
one
of
the
immense
hogsheads
of
Gin
,
or
of
Rum
,
which
constituted
the
chief
furniture
of
the
apartment
.
I
had
been
looking
steadily
at
the
top
of
this
hogshead
for
some
minutes
,
and
what
now
caused
me
surprise
was
the
fact
that
I
had
not
sooner
perceived
the
object
thereupon
.
I
approached
it
,
and
touched
it
with
my
hand
.
It
was
a
black
cat
--
a
very
large
one
--
fully
as
large
as
Pluto
,
and
closely
resembling
him
in
every
respect
but
one
.
Pluto
had
not
a
white
hair
upon
any
portion
of
his
body
;
but
this
cat
had
a
large
,
although
indefinite
splotch
of
white
,
covering
nearly
the
whole
region
of
the
breast
.
Upon
my
touching
him
,
he
immediately
arose
,
purred
loudly
,
rubbed
against
my
hand
,
and
appeared
delighted
with
my
notice
.
This
,
then
,
was
the
very
creature
of
which
I
was
in
search
.
I
at
once
offered
to
purchase
it
of
the
landlord
;
but
this
person
made
no
claim
to
it
--
knew
nothing
of
it
--
had
never
seen
it
before
.
I
continued
my
caresses
,
and
,
when
I
prepared
to
go
home
,
the
animal
evinced
a
disposition
to
accompany
me
.
I
permitted
it
to
do
so
;
occasionally
stooping
and
patting
it
as
I
proceeded
.
When
it
reached
the
house
it
domesticated
itself
at
once
,
and
became
immediately
a
great
favorite
with
my
wife
.
