If you say you won't stray,
you must stand by your word,

Cats don't talk
nor do they stand by their word
he purred,
absurd?
ask Louis if you disbelieve me,

who's he?

Wain,
as mad as a crab apple and vain,
knew his cats like the back of his hand
and
knew they played a hand or two
of whist or poker.

only spending the time of which
I have a small amount.

(H. G. Wells said of him, "He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves.")
(Wikipedia)