_:vb7001208 "1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate\u00A0[\u2026], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers,\u00A0[\u2026], \u2192OCLC:"@en . _:vb7001208 "At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear\u2014man, woman, or cat\u2014in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs."@en .