Commenter Daniel P. brought up a fair point that Honest Ernest probably should be sporting an ankle bracelet, based on his recent Lost Forest escapade with Mark and the Law. Of course, we haven’t yet see a full view of this Ernest. There’s always hope.

I find it interesting that, no matter how crude, violent, irresponsible, or threatening they get, these “villains” seem to always roam free. More surprisingly, Mark and Cherry (and Violet, too) continue to interact with them. In this case I reckon that Cherry has no choice if she wants to keep her job.

We end today’s installment with another non-sequitur. Even if free-roaming kittens attracted predators, why would Honest Ernest have to worry about what goes on during the night? It’s not as if he’s going to be spraying through the entire evening. And if Cherry can’t catch that cat as easily as she boasts, the smell of the insecticide will almost certainly force the kitten to skedaddle.  But if that happened, where would the story wind up? We’ve already had a “chase the cat” story.