Premise: Well , it 's getting dark and I must scoot home .<br>Mrs. Elliott does n't like me to be out after dark .<br>Laws , when I lived with Mrs. Wiley the dark was just the same as the daylight to me .<br>I did n't mind it no more 'n a gray cat .<br>Them days seem a hundred years ago .<br>Now , you mind what I 've said and try to behave yourselves , for you pa 's sake .<br>I 'LL always back you up and defend you -- you can be dead sure of that .<br>Mrs. Elliott says she never saw the like of me for sticking up for my friends .<br>I was real sassy to Mrs. Alec Davis about you and Mrs. Elliott combed me down for it afterwards .
Hypothesis: Dusk is here and it is time for me to return too mrs elliott