merry chase

Robbins wrote in his scenario: “She pretends to be angry with them, and annoyed, but both she and they know she isn’t. She actually enjoys the attention very much, and with subtlety leads them a merry chase.”

She leads a biographer on a merry chase.

Squealing with excitement, Alexei led them on a merry chase.

The cops allowed them to get inside their vehicle; a merry chase ensued, ending a short while later as Speedy was able to get away on foot.

Or Paddington, in merry chase?