• Letter № 5 · from Bella, Cotswolds

  On the Dressing of Spaniels

  Dear S., — My Mistress dresses me. There is, on certain occasions, a small woollen jacket the colour of an apologetic emergency. There is, on other occasions, a green Barbour-style coat that flatters no one. There is, on Christmas Day, a th…

  • fashion
  • household
  • indignity

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• Letter № 3 · from Iris, Brighton

  On the Coat

  Dear S., — I have been issued a third coat. It is a *"puffer."* It is, I am told, "for me." I have not asked for it. I have not, in any of my deliberate movements, suggested I require it. And yet, when the door is opened, on it goes. I do n…

  • weather
  • fashion
  • indignity

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