It is a very inconvenient habi...
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr: 'If they would only purr for 'yes,' and mew for 'no,; or any rule of that sort,' she had said, 'so that one could keep up a conversation! But how can you talk with a person if they always say the same thing?