牙齿和爪子Tobermory

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[00:00.00] Tobermory
[00:02.69] It was a cold,rain-washed afternoon in late August.
[00:06.67] Lady Blemley and her guests were sitting round the tea table.
[00:10.40] Everyone was listening open-mouthed to Mr Cornelius Appin.
[00:15.62] Although he was one of her guests,Lady Blemley did not know Mr Appin well.
[00:21.40] She had invited him to stay at Blemley House because she had heard that he was clever.
[00:27.59] But until teatime that day he had not done or said anything clever.
[00:32.16] He did not play tennis,or sing,or make intelligent conversation.
[00:37.55] But now Mr Appin was describing a most extraordinary discovery and the other guests were listening with deep interest.
[00:43.49] 'Are you telling us that you have found a way of teaching animals to talk?'Sir Wilfrid was saying.
[00:52.60] 'And our dear old Tobermory is your first successful student?'.
[00:57.13] 'I have studied this problem for seventeen years,'said Mr Appin,'but I didn't have any real success until eight or nine months ago.
[01:06.21] Of course, I have studied thousands of animals,but recently I have worked only with cats.
[01:12.74] A cat,of course,is a wild animal who agrees to live with you.
[01:16.86] All cats are intelligent,but naturally some cats are more intelligent than others.
[01:33.32][01:22.71] When I met Tobemery a week ago,I realized at once that here was an extraordinarily intelligent cat,a very special cat indeed.
[01:36.52] In Tobermory,I found the student I needed.
[01:37.84] With him I have succeeded in my plan.
[01:40.14] ' Nobody laughed,and nobody actually said ‘Rubbish',al-though Clovis's lips moved silently '.
[01:48.50] And have you really taught Tobermory,'asked Miss Resker,'to say and understand short,easy words?'
[01:55.86] 'My dear Miss Resker,'said Mr Appin patiently,'we teach little children and very slow,stupid adults in that way.
[02:05.70] But Tobermory is a most intelligent cat.
[02:08.44] He can speak English as well as you or I can.
[02:11.98] ' This time Clovis said ‘Rubbish!'aloud.
[02:17.17] Sir Wilfrid was more polite,but it was clear that he did not believe Mr Appin's story.
[02:22.39] 'Shall we bring the cat in here and hear him for ourselves?'said Lady Blemley.
[02:25.78] Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory.
[02:33.83] 'Mr Appin will try to be clever,'said Miss Resker happily,'but if we watch him carefully,we shall see his lips move.
[02:41.44] ' In a minute Sir Wiflrid returned, looking very excited.
[02:45.69] 'It's true,you know!'he said.
[02:48.68] 'I found Tobermory sleeping in the smoking-room,and called out to him to come for his tea.
[02:53.93] He lifted his head and opened one eye.
[02:56.17] I said,’Come on,Toby,don’t keep us waiting!’and he said calmly,’
[03:00.34] I’ll come when I'm ready!’I couldn’t believe my ears!'
[03:03.83] The guests all started talking at once,while Mr Appin sat silently and looked very pleased with himself indeed.
[03:12.33] Then Tobermory entered the room and calmly walked over to the tea table.
[03:19.86] The conversation stopped.
[03:22.21] No body knew what to say to a talking cat.
[03:25.89] At last Lady Blemley spoke:'Would you like some milk,Tobermory?'
[03:31.82] she asked in a high,unnatural voice.
[03:35.11] 'I don't mind if I do,'answered Tobermory.
[03:38.57] Lady Blemley's hand shook with excitement and some of the milk went onto the carpet.
[03:44.77] 'Oh dear!I'm so sorry,'she said.
[03:48.26] 'I don't mind.
[03:49.68] It isn't my carpet,after all,'replied To-bermory.
[03:53.20] There was another silence,then Miss Resker asked politely,'Did you find it difficult to learn English,Tobermory?' .
[04:02.20] Tobermory looked straight through her with his bright green eyes.
[04:07.65] Clearly,he did not answer questions that did not interest him.
[04:12.18] 'What do you think of the intelligence of people?'asked Mavis Pellington.
[04:19.54] 'Which people's intelligence?'asked Tobermory coldly.
[04:24.29] 'Well,my intelligence,for example,'said Mavis with a little laugh.
[04:30.41] 'You make things very uncomfortable for me,'said Tobermory,
[04:35.82] although he did not look at all uncomfortable.
[04:38.68] when Lady Blemley wanted to invite you here,Sir Wilfrid was not pleased.
[04:44.32] “Mavis Pellington is the stupidest woman I know,”he said.
[04:49.48] “That's why I want to invite her,”Lady Blemley replied.
[04:53.36] “I want her to buy my old car, and she's stupid enough to do that.
[04:58.13] 'It isn't true!'cried Lady Blemley.
[05:01.32] 'Don't believe him,Mavis!' 'If it isn't true,'said Mavis coldly,
[05:07.33] 'why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me?'
[05:12.78] Major Barfield did his best to help.
[05:16.23] He tried to start a new conversation.
[05:18.33] 'How are you getting on with your little black and white lady friend in the garden?'He asked Tobermory.
[05:25.29] Everybody realized at once that this was a mistake.
[05:30.48] Tobermory gave him an icy look.
[05:33.75] 'We do not usually discuss these things in polite company,'he said.
[05:39.72] 'But I have watched you a little since you have been in this house.
[05:43.61] I think perhaps you would not like me to discuss your lady friends.'
[05:48.51] The Major's face became very red,and all the other guests began to look worried and uncomfortable.
[05:55.99] What was Tobermory going to say next?
[05:58.85] 'Would you like to go down to the kitchen now,Tobermory,'asked Lady Blemley politely,'and see if the cook has got your dinner ready?'
[06:08.15] 'No,thank you,'saidTobermory.
[06:12.45] 'I 've only just had my tea.
[06:14.52] I don’t want to make myself sick.
[06:17.18] ''Cats have nine lives,you know,'said Sir Wilfrid with a laugh.
[06:22.71] 'Possibly,'answered Tobermory.
[06:25.82] 'But only one stomach.
[06:28.16] 'Lady Blemley!'cried Mrs Cornett,'Don't send that cat to the kitchen.
[06:33.00] He will talk about us to the cook!' Everyone was very worried now.
[06:37.31] They remembered uncomfortably that Tobermory moved freely all over the house and gardens,
[06:43.79] at all hours of the day and night. He could look into any of the bedrooms if he wanted to.
[06:49.93] What had he seen?What had he heard?Nobody’s secrets were safe now.
[06:55.75] 'Oh,why did I come here?'cried Agnes Resker,who could never stay silent for long.
[07:02.89] 'You know very well why you came here,'said Tobermory immediately.
[07:07.91] 'You came for the food,of course.
[07:11.15] I heard you talking to Mrs Cornett in the garden.
[07:14.38] You said that the Blemleys were terribly boring people,but they had an excel-lent cook.
[07:20.49] ' You mustn't believe him!'cried Agnes.
[07:23.47] 'I never said that,did I,Mrs Cornett?'
[07:26.14] 'Later,Mrs Cornett repeated your words to Bertie vanTahn,'said Tobermory.
[07:32.40] 'She said,“That Resker woman will go anywhere for four good meals a day,”
[07:37.84] and Bertie said—' Just then Tobermory looked out of the window and saw the doctor’s big yellow cat crossing the garden.
[07:46.53] Immediately he disappeared through the open window.
[07:50.80] Everyone started talking at once,and Mr Appin found himself in a storm of angry questions.
[07:57.14] 'You must stop this at once,'everyone said to him.' What will happen if Tobermory teaches other cats to talk?
[08:05.10] We shall never have a moment's peace!'
[08:08.84] 'It's possible that he has taught the gardener's cat,'replied Mr Appin thoughtfully,'but I don’t believe he has had time to teach any other cats.
[08:19.49] ' Then,'said Mrs Cornett,'although Tobermory is a valuable cat,he and the gardener's cat must die.
[08:28.42] Don't you agree,Lady Blemley?' 'You're right,'said Lady Blemley sadly.
[08:34.73] 'My husband and I love Tobermory—well,we did before this afternoon—but now,of course,he must die as soon as possible.
[08:42.83] ''We will poison his dinner,'said Sir Wilfrid,'and I will kill the gardener's cat myself.
[08:49.43] The gardener won't like it,but I'll say it has some kind of disease—'
[08:53.41] 'But what about my discovery?'cried Mr Appin.
[08:58.58] 'What about all my years of work?Are you going to destroy my only successful student?'
[09:04.50] You can go and teach the cows on the farm,'said Mrs Cornett coldly,'or the elephants at the zoo.
[09:13.15] Elephants are very intelligent,they tell me,and elephants don't hide behind chairs or under beds and listen to people's conversations.
[09:21.38] 'Mr Appin knew when he was beaten.
[09:25.15] Dinner that evening was not a success.
[09:28.27] Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener's cat and later with the gardener.
[09:34.28] Agnes Resker refused to eat anything,while Mavis Pellington ate her meal in silence.
[09:41.67] Everyone was waiting for Tobermory.
[09:45.17] A plate of poisoned fish stood ready for him in the dining-room,but he did not come home.
[09:52.48] Nobody talked much,and nobody laughed.
[09:56.20] It was a most uncomfortable meal.
[09:58.56] After dinner the Blemleys and their guests sat in the smoking-room.
[10:03.88] Everyone was quiet and worried and nobody wanted to play cards.
[10:09.29] At eleven o'clock the cook and the housekeeper went to bed.
[10:13.71] They left the kitchen window open for Tobermory as usual,but he did not come.
[10:19.57] At two o'clock Clovis spoke: 'He won't come home tonight.
[10:26.70] He's probably in the newspaper office selling them his story.
[10:29.70] They'll love it.
[10:31.10] The story will be the excitementof the year.
[10:33.60] ' After that everyone went to bed,but nobody slept.
[10:38.93] In the morning Tobermory had still not come home.
[10:43.11] Breakfast was another quiet,uncomfortable meal.
[10:47.65] Then,half-way through the coffee,the gardener brought in Tobermory's blood-stained body.
[10:53.93] 'Look at his claws!'cried Clovis.
[10:58.53] 'He's been fighting!'And there,on Tobermory's claws,was the yellow hair of the doctor's cat.
[11:05.81] By lunchtime most of the guests had left Blemley House.
[11:10.65] Lady Blemley began to feel better.
[11:13.68] She took out her pen and paper and wrote a very angry letter to the doctor about the death of her valuable cat.
[11:21.70] Tobermory was Mr Appin's only successful student.
[11:26.53] A few weeks after Tobermory's death an elephant escaped from the Dresden Zoo and killed an English visitor.
[11:36.30] The zoo keeper said that the elephant had always been a calm and gentle animal before.
[11:41.96] But suddenly it seemed to be-come very angry with the English visitor,who was talking to it.
[11:47.85] The dead man's name was reported in the newspapers as Oppin,but his first name was Cornelius.
[11:55.57] 'If Appin was trying to teach the poor elephant to speak German,'said Clovis,'I'm not surprised it killed him.
[00:00.00] Tobermory
[00:02.69] It was a cold, rain washed afternoon in late August
[00:06.67] Lady Blemley and her guests were sitting round the tea table
[00:10.40] Everyone was listening open mouthed to Mr Cornelius Appin
[00:15.62] Although he was one of her guests, Lady Blemley did not know Mr Appin well
[00:21.40] She had invited him to stay at Blemley House because she had heard that he was clever
[00:27.59] But until teatime that day he had not done or said anything clever
[00:32.16] He did not play tennis, or sing, or make intelligent conversation
[00:37.55] But now Mr Appin was describing a most extraordinary discovery and the other guests were listening with deep interest
[00:43.49] ' Are you telling us that you have found a way of teaching animals to talk?' Sir Wilfrid was saying
[00:52.60] ' And our dear old Tobermory is your first successful student?'
[00:57.13] ' I have studied this problem for seventeen years,' said Mr Appin,' but I didn' t have any real success until eight or nine months ago
[01:06.21] Of course, I have studied thousands of animals, but recently I have worked only with cats
[01:12.74] A cat, of course, is a wild animal who agrees to live with you
[01:16.86] All cats are intelligent, but naturally some cats are more intelligent than others
[01:33.32][01:22.71] When I met Tobemery a week ago, I realized at once that here was an extraordinarily intelligent cat, a very special cat indeed
[01:36.52] In Tobermory, I found the student I needed
[01:37.84] With him I have succeeded in my plan
[01:40.14] ' Nobody laughed, and nobody actually said ' Rubbish', although Clovis' s lips moved silently '
[01:48.50] And have you really taught Tobermory,' asked Miss Resker,' to say and understand short, easy words?'
[01:55.86] ' My dear Miss Resker,' said Mr Appin patiently,' we teach little children and very slow, stupid adults in that way
[02:05.70] But Tobermory is a most intelligent cat
[02:08.44] He can speak English as well as you or I can
[02:11.98] ' This time Clovis said ' Rubbish!' aloud
[02:17.17] Sir Wilfrid was more polite, but it was clear that he did not believe Mr Appin' s story
[02:22.39] ' Shall we bring the cat in here and hear him for ourselves?' said Lady Blemley
[02:25.78] Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory
[02:33.83] ' Mr Appin will try to be clever,' said Miss Resker happily,' but if we watch him carefully, we shall see his lips move
[02:41.44] ' In a minute Sir Wiflrid returned, looking very excited
[02:45.69] ' It' s true, you know!' he said
[02:48.68] ' I found Tobermory sleeping in the smokingroom, and called out to him to come for his tea
[02:53.93] He lifted his head and opened one eye
[02:56.17] I said,' Come on, Toby, don' t keep us waiting!' and he said calmly,'
[03:00.34] I' ll come when I' m ready!' I couldn' t believe my ears!'
[03:03.83] The guests all started talking at once, while Mr Appin sat silently and looked very pleased with himself indeed
[03:12.33] Then Tobermory entered the room and calmly walked over to the tea table
[03:19.86] The conversation stopped
[03:22.21] No body knew what to say to a talking cat
[03:25.89] At last Lady Blemley spoke:' Would you like some milk, Tobermory?'
[03:31.82] she asked in a high, unnatural voice
[03:35.11] ' I don' t mind if I do,' answered Tobermory
[03:38.57] Lady Blemley' s hand shook with excitement and some of the milk went onto the carpet
[03:44.77] ' Oh dear! I' m so sorry,' she said
[03:48.26] ' I don' t mind
[03:49.68] It isn' t my carpet, after all,' replied To bermory
[03:53.20] There was another silence, then Miss Resker asked politely,' Did you find it difficult to learn English, Tobermory?'
[04:02.20] Tobermory looked straight through her with his bright green eyes
[04:07.65] Clearly, he did not answer questions that did not interest him
[04:12.18] ' What do you think of the intelligence of people?' asked Mavis Pellington
[04:19.54] ' Which people' s intelligence?' asked Tobermory coldly
[04:24.29] ' Well, my intelligence, for example,' said Mavis with a little laugh
[04:30.41] ' You make things very uncomfortable for me,' said Tobermory,
[04:35.82] although he did not look at all uncomfortable.
[04:38.68] when Lady Blemley wanted to invite you here, Sir Wilfrid was not pleased
[04:44.32] " Mavis Pellington is the stupidest woman I know," he said
[04:49.48] " That' s why I want to invite her," Lady Blemley replied
[04:53.36] " I want her to buy my old car, and she' s stupid enough to do that
[04:58.13] ' It isn' t true!' cried Lady Blemley
[05:01.32] ' Don' t believe him, Mavis!' ' If it isn' t true,' said Mavis coldly,
[05:07.33] ' why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me?'
[05:12.78] Major Barfield did his best to help
[05:16.23] He tried to start a new conversation
[05:18.33] ' How are you getting on with your little black and white lady friend in the garden?' He asked Tobermory.
[05:25.29] Everybody realized at once that this was a mistake
[05:30.48] Tobermory gave him an icy look
[05:33.75] ' We do not usually discuss these things in polite company,' he said
[05:39.72] ' But I have watched you a little since you have been in this house
[05:43.61] I think perhaps you would not like me to discuss your lady friends.'
[05:48.51] The Major' s face became very red, and all the other guests began to look worried and uncomfortable
[05:55.99] What was Tobermory going to say next?
[05:58.85] ' Would you like to go down to the kitchen now, Tobermory,' asked Lady Blemley politely,' and see if the cook has got your dinner ready?'
[06:08.15] ' No, thank you,' saidTobermory
[06:12.45] ' I ' ve only just had my tea
[06:14.52] I don' t want to make myself sick
[06:17.18] '' Cats have nine lives, you know,' said Sir Wilfrid with a laugh
[06:22.71] ' Possibly,' answered Tobermory
[06:25.82] ' But only one stomach
[06:28.16] ' Lady Blemley!' cried Mrs Cornett,' Don' t send that cat to the kitchen.
[06:33.00] He will talk about us to the cook!' Everyone was very worried now
[06:37.31] They remembered uncomfortably that Tobermory moved freely all over the house and gardens,
[06:43.79] at all hours of the day and night. He could look into any of the bedrooms if he wanted to
[06:49.93] What had he seen? What had he heard? Nobody' s secrets were safe now.
[06:55.75] ' Oh, why did I come here?' cried Agnes Resker, who could never stay silent for long
[07:02.89] ' You know very well why you came here,' said Tobermory immediately
[07:07.91] ' You came for the food, of course
[07:11.15] I heard you talking to Mrs Cornett in the garden
[07:14.38] You said that the Blemleys were terribly boring people, but they had an excellent cook
[07:20.49] ' You mustn' t believe him!' cried Agnes
[07:23.47] ' I never said that, did I, Mrs Cornett?'
[07:26.14] ' Later, Mrs Cornett repeated your words to Bertie vanTahn,' said Tobermory
[07:32.40] ' She said," That Resker woman will go anywhere for four good meals a day,"
[07:37.84] and Bertie said' Just then Tobermory looked out of the window and saw the doctor' s big yellow cat crossing the garden
[07:46.53] Immediately he disappeared through the open window
[07:50.80] Everyone started talking at once, and Mr Appin found himself in a storm of angry questions
[07:57.14] ' You must stop this at once,' everyone said to him.' What will happen if Tobermory teaches other cats to talk?
[08:05.10] We shall never have a moment' s peace!'
[08:08.84] ' It' s possible that he has taught the gardener' s cat,' replied Mr Appin thoughtfully,' but I don' t believe he has had time to teach any other cats
[08:19.49] ' Then,' said Mrs Cornett,' although Tobermory is a valuable cat, he and the gardener' s cat must die
[08:28.42] Don' t you agree, Lady Blemley?' ' You' re right,' said Lady Blemley sadly.
[08:34.73] ' My husband and I love Tobermory well, we did before this afternoon but now, of course, he must die as soon as possible
[08:42.83] '' We will poison his dinner,' said Sir Wilfrid,' and I will kill the gardener' s cat myself
[08:49.43] The gardener won' t like it, but I' ll say it has some kind of disease'
[08:53.41] ' But what about my discovery?' cried Mr Appin
[08:58.58] ' What about all my years of work? Are you going to destroy my only successful student?'
[09:04.50] You can go and teach the cows on the farm,' said Mrs Cornett coldly,' or the elephants at the zoo
[09:13.15] Elephants are very intelligent, they tell me, and elephants don' t hide behind chairs or under beds and listen to people' s conversations
[09:21.38] ' Mr Appin knew when he was beaten
[09:25.15] Dinner that evening was not a success
[09:28.27] Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener' s cat and later with the gardener
[09:34.28] Agnes Resker refused to eat anything, while Mavis Pellington ate her meal in silence
[09:41.67] Everyone was waiting for Tobermory
[09:45.17] A plate of poisoned fish stood ready for him in the dining room, but he did not come home
[09:52.48] Nobody talked much, and nobody laughed
[09:56.20] It was a most uncomfortable meal
[09:58.56] After dinner the Blemleys and their guests sat in the smoking room
[10:03.88] Everyone was quiet and worried and nobody wanted to play cards
[10:09.29] At eleven o' clock the cook and the housekeeper went to bed
[10:13.71] They left the kitchen window open for Tobermory as usual, but he did not come
[10:19.57] At two o' clock Clovis spoke: ' He won' t come home tonight
[10:26.70] He' s probably in the newspaper office selling them his story
[10:29.70] They' ll love it
[10:31.10] The story will be the excitementof the year
[10:33.60] ' After that everyone went to bed, but nobody slept
[10:38.93] In the morning Tobermory had still not come home
[10:43.11] Breakfast was another quiet, uncomfortable meal
[10:47.65] Then, half way through the coffee, the gardener brought in Tobermory' s bloodstained body
[10:53.93] ' Look at his claws!' cried Clovis
[10:58.53] ' He' s been fighting!' And there, on Tobermory' s claws, was the yellow hair of the doctor' s cat
[11:05.81] By lunchtime most of the guests had left Blemley House
[11:10.65] Lady Blemley began to feel better
[11:13.68] She took out her pen and paper and wrote a very angry letter to the doctor about the death of her valuable cat
[11:21.70] Tobermory was Mr Appin' s only successful student
[11:26.53] A few weeks after Tobermory' s death an elephant escaped from the Dresden Zoo and killed an English visitor
[11:36.30] The zoo keeper said that the elephant had always been a calm and gentle animal before
[11:41.96] But suddenly it seemed to be come very angry with the English visitor, who was talking to it
[11:47.85] The dead man' s name was reported in the newspapers as Oppin, but his first name was Cornelius
[11:55.57] ' If Appin was trying to teach the poor elephant to speak German,' said Clovis,' I' m not surprised it killed him
[00:00.00] Tobermory
[00:02.69] It was a cold, rain washed afternoon in late August
[00:06.67] Lady Blemley and her guests were sitting round the tea table
[00:10.40] Everyone was listening open mouthed to Mr Cornelius Appin
[00:15.62] Although he was one of her guests, Lady Blemley did not know Mr Appin well
[00:21.40] She had invited him to stay at Blemley House because she had heard that he was clever
[00:27.59] But until teatime that day he had not done or said anything clever
[00:32.16] He did not play tennis, or sing, or make intelligent conversation
[00:37.55] But now Mr Appin was describing a most extraordinary discovery and the other guests were listening with deep interest
[00:43.49] ' Are you telling us that you have found a way of teaching animals to talk?' Sir Wilfrid was saying
[00:52.60] ' And our dear old Tobermory is your first successful student?'
[00:57.13] ' I have studied this problem for seventeen years,' said Mr Appin,' but I didn' t have any real success until eight or nine months ago
[01:06.21] Of course, I have studied thousands of animals, but recently I have worked only with cats
[01:12.74] A cat, of course, is a wild animal who agrees to live with you
[01:16.86] All cats are intelligent, but naturally some cats are more intelligent than others
[01:33.32][01:22.71] When I met Tobemery a week ago, I realized at once that here was an extraordinarily intelligent cat, a very special cat indeed
[01:36.52] In Tobermory, I found the student I needed
[01:37.84] With him I have succeeded in my plan
[01:40.14] ' Nobody laughed, and nobody actually said ' Rubbish', although Clovis' s lips moved silently '
[01:48.50] And have you really taught Tobermory,' asked Miss Resker,' to say and understand short, easy words?'
[01:55.86] ' My dear Miss Resker,' said Mr Appin patiently,' we teach little children and very slow, stupid adults in that way
[02:05.70] But Tobermory is a most intelligent cat
[02:08.44] He can speak English as well as you or I can
[02:11.98] ' This time Clovis said ' Rubbish!' aloud
[02:17.17] Sir Wilfrid was more polite, but it was clear that he did not believe Mr Appin' s story
[02:22.39] ' Shall we bring the cat in here and hear him for ourselves?' said Lady Blemley
[02:25.78] Sir Wilfrid went off to look for Tobermory
[02:33.83] ' Mr Appin will try to be clever,' said Miss Resker happily,' but if we watch him carefully, we shall see his lips move
[02:41.44] ' In a minute Sir Wiflrid returned, looking very excited
[02:45.69] ' It' s true, you know!' he said
[02:48.68] ' I found Tobermory sleeping in the smokingroom, and called out to him to come for his tea
[02:53.93] He lifted his head and opened one eye
[02:56.17] I said,' Come on, Toby, don' t keep us waiting!' and he said calmly,'
[03:00.34] I' ll come when I' m ready!' I couldn' t believe my ears!'
[03:03.83] The guests all started talking at once, while Mr Appin sat silently and looked very pleased with himself indeed
[03:12.33] Then Tobermory entered the room and calmly walked over to the tea table
[03:19.86] The conversation stopped
[03:22.21] No body knew what to say to a talking cat
[03:25.89] At last Lady Blemley spoke:' Would you like some milk, Tobermory?'
[03:31.82] she asked in a high, unnatural voice
[03:35.11] ' I don' t mind if I do,' answered Tobermory
[03:38.57] Lady Blemley' s hand shook with excitement and some of the milk went onto the carpet
[03:44.77] ' Oh dear! I' m so sorry,' she said
[03:48.26] ' I don' t mind
[03:49.68] It isn' t my carpet, after all,' replied To bermory
[03:53.20] There was another silence, then Miss Resker asked politely,' Did you find it difficult to learn English, Tobermory?'
[04:02.20] Tobermory looked straight through her with his bright green eyes
[04:07.65] Clearly, he did not answer questions that did not interest him
[04:12.18] ' What do you think of the intelligence of people?' asked Mavis Pellington
[04:19.54] ' Which people' s intelligence?' asked Tobermory coldly
[04:24.29] ' Well, my intelligence, for example,' said Mavis with a little laugh
[04:30.41] ' You make things very uncomfortable for me,' said Tobermory,
[04:35.82] although he did not look at all uncomfortable.
[04:38.68] when Lady Blemley wanted to invite you here, Sir Wilfrid was not pleased
[04:44.32] " Mavis Pellington is the stupidest woman I know," he said
[04:49.48] " That' s why I want to invite her," Lady Blemley replied
[04:53.36] " I want her to buy my old car, and she' s stupid enough to do that
[04:58.13] ' It isn' t true!' cried Lady Blemley
[05:01.32] ' Don' t believe him, Mavis!' ' If it isn' t true,' said Mavis coldly,
[05:07.33] ' why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me?'
[05:12.78] Major Barfield did his best to help
[05:16.23] He tried to start a new conversation
[05:18.33] ' How are you getting on with your little black and white lady friend in the garden?' He asked Tobermory.
[05:25.29] Everybody realized at once that this was a mistake
[05:30.48] Tobermory gave him an icy look
[05:33.75] ' We do not usually discuss these things in polite company,' he said
[05:39.72] ' But I have watched you a little since you have been in this house
[05:43.61] I think perhaps you would not like me to discuss your lady friends.'
[05:48.51] The Major' s face became very red, and all the other guests began to look worried and uncomfortable
[05:55.99] What was Tobermory going to say next?
[05:58.85] ' Would you like to go down to the kitchen now, Tobermory,' asked Lady Blemley politely,' and see if the cook has got your dinner ready?'
[06:08.15] ' No, thank you,' saidTobermory
[06:12.45] ' I ' ve only just had my tea
[06:14.52] I don' t want to make myself sick
[06:17.18] '' Cats have nine lives, you know,' said Sir Wilfrid with a laugh
[06:22.71] ' Possibly,' answered Tobermory
[06:25.82] ' But only one stomach
[06:28.16] ' Lady Blemley!' cried Mrs Cornett,' Don' t send that cat to the kitchen.
[06:33.00] He will talk about us to the cook!' Everyone was very worried now
[06:37.31] They remembered uncomfortably that Tobermory moved freely all over the house and gardens,
[06:43.79] at all hours of the day and night. He could look into any of the bedrooms if he wanted to
[06:49.93] What had he seen? What had he heard? Nobody' s secrets were safe now.
[06:55.75] ' Oh, why did I come here?' cried Agnes Resker, who could never stay silent for long
[07:02.89] ' You know very well why you came here,' said Tobermory immediately
[07:07.91] ' You came for the food, of course
[07:11.15] I heard you talking to Mrs Cornett in the garden
[07:14.38] You said that the Blemleys were terribly boring people, but they had an excellent cook
[07:20.49] ' You mustn' t believe him!' cried Agnes
[07:23.47] ' I never said that, did I, Mrs Cornett?'
[07:26.14] ' Later, Mrs Cornett repeated your words to Bertie vanTahn,' said Tobermory
[07:32.40] ' She said," That Resker woman will go anywhere for four good meals a day,"
[07:37.84] and Bertie said' Just then Tobermory looked out of the window and saw the doctor' s big yellow cat crossing the garden
[07:46.53] Immediately he disappeared through the open window
[07:50.80] Everyone started talking at once, and Mr Appin found himself in a storm of angry questions
[07:57.14] ' You must stop this at once,' everyone said to him.' What will happen if Tobermory teaches other cats to talk?
[08:05.10] We shall never have a moment' s peace!'
[08:08.84] ' It' s possible that he has taught the gardener' s cat,' replied Mr Appin thoughtfully,' but I don' t believe he has had time to teach any other cats
[08:19.49] ' Then,' said Mrs Cornett,' although Tobermory is a valuable cat, he and the gardener' s cat must die
[08:28.42] Don' t you agree, Lady Blemley?' ' You' re right,' said Lady Blemley sadly.
[08:34.73] ' My husband and I love Tobermory well, we did before this afternoon but now, of course, he must die as soon as possible
[08:42.83] '' We will poison his dinner,' said Sir Wilfrid,' and I will kill the gardener' s cat myself
[08:49.43] The gardener won' t like it, but I' ll say it has some kind of disease'
[08:53.41] ' But what about my discovery?' cried Mr Appin
[08:58.58] ' What about all my years of work? Are you going to destroy my only successful student?'
[09:04.50] You can go and teach the cows on the farm,' said Mrs Cornett coldly,' or the elephants at the zoo
[09:13.15] Elephants are very intelligent, they tell me, and elephants don' t hide behind chairs or under beds and listen to people' s conversations
[09:21.38] ' Mr Appin knew when he was beaten
[09:25.15] Dinner that evening was not a success
[09:28.27] Sir Wilfrid had had a difficult time with the gardener' s cat and later with the gardener
[09:34.28] Agnes Resker refused to eat anything, while Mavis Pellington ate her meal in silence
[09:41.67] Everyone was waiting for Tobermory
[09:45.17] A plate of poisoned fish stood ready for him in the dining room, but he did not come home
[09:52.48] Nobody talked much, and nobody laughed
[09:56.20] It was a most uncomfortable meal
[09:58.56] After dinner the Blemleys and their guests sat in the smoking room
[10:03.88] Everyone was quiet and worried and nobody wanted to play cards
[10:09.29] At eleven o' clock the cook and the housekeeper went to bed
[10:13.71] They left the kitchen window open for Tobermory as usual, but he did not come
[10:19.57] At two o' clock Clovis spoke: ' He won' t come home tonight
[10:26.70] He' s probably in the newspaper office selling them his story
[10:29.70] They' ll love it
[10:31.10] The story will be the excitementof the year
[10:33.60] ' After that everyone went to bed, but nobody slept
[10:38.93] In the morning Tobermory had still not come home
[10:43.11] Breakfast was another quiet, uncomfortable meal
[10:47.65] Then, half way through the coffee, the gardener brought in Tobermory' s bloodstained body
[10:53.93] ' Look at his claws!' cried Clovis
[10:58.53] ' He' s been fighting!' And there, on Tobermory' s claws, was the yellow hair of the doctor' s cat
[11:05.81] By lunchtime most of the guests had left Blemley House
[11:10.65] Lady Blemley began to feel better
[11:13.68] She took out her pen and paper and wrote a very angry letter to the doctor about the death of her valuable cat
[11:21.70] Tobermory was Mr Appin' s only successful student
[11:26.53] A few weeks after Tobermory' s death an elephant escaped from the Dresden Zoo and killed an English visitor
[11:36.30] The zoo keeper said that the elephant had always been a calm and gentle animal before
[11:41.96] But suddenly it seemed to be come very angry with the English visitor, who was talking to it
[11:47.85] The dead man' s name was reported in the newspapers as Oppin, but his first name was Cornelius
[11:55.57] ' If Appin was trying to teach the poor elephant to speak German,' said Clovis,' I' m not surprised it killed him
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