"Sometimes the kitchen is full of cats; they seem to know."
"That fools live here," thought Charles.
"And Susannah spends all her time turning them out—all, of course, except the black ones."
"Why not the black ones?"
"Because they are lucky; did you not know that? It's frightfully unlucky to turn a black cat out."
"Why not fill up the hole and stop them from getting in?"
"Susannah has stuffed it up with old stockings and things till she's weary; they butt it in with their heads."
"Why not have a new pane put in?"
"Father has talked of that, but I have always changed the conversation, and then he forgets."