"I don't know," says Anders, clearly stressed, at that point where he's not sure whether to be annoyed with Pounce for disappearing or really really worried about Pounce's disappearance. "I mean, I looked everywhere in the flat. He shouldn't have been able to get outside —" no open windows, no cat door — "I don't think I left the front door unlatched or anything. Suppose he could have slipped past me without my knowing ... maybe he did get out."