• 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 № 2 · from Murphy, Cumbria

  On the Diet

  Dear S., — I am told, with increasing frequency, that I have had *"enough."* I do not understand the word. There is, in the bowl, no more. There is, in the cupboard, plenty. There is, in the world, an injustice the scale of which I cannot a…

  • food
  • household
  • indignity

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