The errand children from Dale Lane brought Arthur five pots each of fresh catnip and cat grass-a mixture of grain seedlings-along with a bag of seeds for each, two bags of dried fish totaling 300 grams, and a 300-gram bag of cat biscuits-chicken biscuits with added catnip. By then, Malinda had already arrived.
The lady had clearly stayed up all night again.
Now, she was taking long, deep draws on her pipe to keep herself awake.
"Don't tell me you're planning to plant catnip and cat grass in the yard!"
When she saw Arthur arrange the five pots each of catnip and cat grass on the shelf beside the front door like decorative plants, then pick up a shovel and a hoe, she could no longer hold her tongue.
Although she did not own a cat, she still knew how attractive catnip and cat grass were to cats.
If he really planted large quantities of catnip and cat grass in the yard, they would certainly attract a huge number of cats. The resulting scene...
Would be quite a spectacle!
"Of course not!
You're planting them with me!"
Arthur handed Malinda the hoe.
She froze.
Still, she took a deep breath and accepted the Short-Handled Hoe. Although the errand child had not told her exactly what had happened, Malinda knew perfectly well that Arthur had not summoned her simply because he needed someone to help plant catnip and cat grass.
There had to be something important.
As for this planting business...
"Do all 'Mediums' have a twisted sense of humor like yours?"
Squatting in the little side yard at 2 Kirk Street, Malinda asked the question as she dug up the soil.
"If you'd witnessed what happened just now, you definitely wouldn't call my sense of humor twisted. You'd be amazed