Closely pursued by the Dog, who
overwhelmed her with bites, blows and kicks
And all began to laugh, except the two children, who were very sad:
"Where are Tylette and Tylô gone to?" asked our hero.
At that moment, the Cat came running up, in a terrible state: her hair was on end and dishevelled, her clothes were torn and she was holding a handkerchief to her cheek, as though she had the tooth-ache. She uttered terrible groans and was closely pursued by the Dog, who overwhelmed her with bites, blows and kicks. The others rushed in between them to separate them, but the two enemies continued to insult and glare at each other. The Cat accused the Dog of pulling her tail and putting tin tacks in her food and beating her. The Dog simply growled and denied none of his actions:
"You've had some," he kept saying, "you've had some and you're going to have some more!"
But, suddenly, he stopped and, as he was panting with excitement, it could be seen that his tongue turned quite white: Light had told him to kiss the Children for the last time.
"For the last time?" stammered poor Tylô. "Are we to part from these poor Children?"
His grief was such that he was incapable of understanding anything.
"Yes," said Light. "The hour which you know of is at hand.... We are going to return to silence...."