Sylvia Townsend Warner Quote

Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as I used to stoke his chops. A human caress from a cat. I felt very meagre and ill-educated that I could not purr.


Sylvia and David: the Townsend Warner/Garnett letters (ed. Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1994) - ISBN: 9781856193412


Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as I used to stoke his chops. ...

Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as I used to stoke his chops. ...

Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as I used to stoke his chops. ...

Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me... put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as I used to stoke his chops. ...