the mewing cat^♞︎

An imaginary cat Everard Fothergill keeps hearing mew, a sign of his nerves.

Connections

dealings

• is loathed by Everard Fothergill 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie arrives at Marsham Manor and meets the bearded Fothergills and Cornelia, while Everard frets about a mewing cat.Chapter 2, the hall at Marsham, as mewing cat
2. Aunt Dahlia shows Bertie the Venus that Edward Fothergill painted and Everard loathes, and orders him to steal and burn it that night, a deal she has struck with Cornelia for the serial.Chapter 2, the dining-room at Marsham, as mewing cats