When Piers entered his wife's room, that room which he had not entered since the night of Ina's wedding, his tread was catlike in its caution, and all the eagerness was gone from his face.

Merriwell's guard was perfect, his pose was light and professional, and he suddenly seemed catlike on his feet.

Letting the matter of the unlocked door wait for the moment, he began to steal catlike across the floor towards the dais.