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Tiring at last of this , she suggested Spunk as a substitute , remarking that , after all , cats -- pretty cats like Spunk -- were even nicer to paint than girls . She rescued Spunk then from the paint-box where he had been holding high carnival with Bertram 's tubes of paint , and demanded if Bertram ever saw a more delightful , more entrancing , more altogether-to-be-desired model . She was so artless , so merry , so frankly charmed with it all that Bertram could not find it in his heart to be angry , notwithstanding his annoyance . But when at four o'clock , she took herself and her cat cheerily up-stairs , he lifted his hands in despair . `` Great Scott ! '' he groaned . `` If this is a sample of what 's coming -- I 'm GOING , that 's all ! ''