Women in Love by D H Lawrence Chapter 13 Page 19

‘I think he wants to make it quite obvious to her.’

‘Isn’t it horrid of him!’ she cried; and going out into the garden she called to the Mino:

‘Stop it, don’t bully. Stop hitting her.’

The stray cat vanished like a swift, invisible shadow. The Mino glanced at Ursula, then looked from her disdainfully to his master.

‘Are you a bully, Mino?’ Birkin asked.

The young slim cat looked at him, and slowly narrowed its eyes. Then it glanced away at the landscape, looking into the distance as if completely oblivious of the two human beings.

‘Mino,’ said Ursula, ‘I don’t like you. You are a bully like all males.’