rat-and-mouse

Updated: May 24, 2025

I came because I thought you'd want the party to be represented at such a getherin'." I saw that he had come to the dinner, doubtful whether any enterprise against me, promising enough for him to risk embarking, could be launched; as soon as I entered the room he, like the rat when the cat interrupted the rat-and-mouse convention to discuss belling it, unceremoniously led the way to safety.

David Graham Phillips - The Plum Tree