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I just heard a most disconcerting and loud thumping, and saw something disturbingly cat-sized plummet past my window. I got the distinct impression that a cat had fallen from the 2nd-floor roof, or possibly from the third-floor window (the one toms stand on the frame of to flirt with Perrine through the glass).

I can't see anything moving in the shadows, and I didn't hear any hurt-animal noises when I leaned out the window or when I went on the back porch; if there's a dead cat or one too seriously injured to make a sound, I won't see it until the sun is a little higher. But a small grey cat did flee the sound of my voice, so it's possible that he hit enough bits of wall, ivy, fire escape, etc. on the way down to slow enough to escape serious harm. Or that something inanimate fell, instead of a cat (possibly something knocked over by a cat?). Still ... disconcerting.