I went round and round it, but could find no entrance.
I had stopped under one of the windows, on the point of calling aloud my repentant confession, when a sudden wailing, howling scream invaded my ears, and my heart stood still.

Something sprang from the window above my head, and lighted beyond me.

I turned, and saw a large gray cat, its hair on end, shooting toward the river-bed.

I fell with my face in the sand, and seemed to hear within the house the gentle sobbing of one who suffered but did not repent..