LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| “And from that hour they were fast friends” (page [50]) | [ Frontispiece] |
| “Rolling on the crimson rug” | [ 10] |
| “Advancing, ... her clear eyes fixed on mine” | [ 16] |
| “And still looked directly in my eyes” | [ 22] |
| “She passed deliciously dreamy days” | [ 48] |
| “There was a useless battle” | [ 70] |
| “In company of the everlasting tortoise” | [ 76] |
| “I was glad ... that she had not died elsewhere” | [ 90] |
LIVES OF
TWO CATS
Lives of Two Cats
(I)
I HAVE often seen, with a questioning restlessness infinitely sad, the soul of animals meet mine from the depths of their eyes: the soul of a cat, the soul of a dog, the soul of a monkey, as pathetically, for an instant, as a human soul, revealing itself suddenly in a glance and seeking my own soul with tenderness, supplication, or terror; and I have felt perhaps more pity for these souls of animals than for those of my own brethren, because they are speechless, incapable of emerging from their semi-intelligence; above all, because they are more humble and despised.