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When a fortnight had elapsed we gave up all hope.
"Pat is dead," said the Story Girl hopelessly, as we returned one evening from a bootless quest to Andrew Cowan's where a strange gray cat had been reported -- a cat which turned out to be a yellowish brown nondescript, with no tail to speak of.