The accidental dog

Patrick Galbraith goes against all advice when picking a pup

LAST MONDAY SOMETHING extraordinary happened. I walked into my bedroom at about quarter to eleven (I had been drinking vermouth in the bath again) and found my girlfriend reading a book. She has made vague attempts before in the five years I’ve known her and she insists that when she was doing history at Oxford she read “loads of books”. But to see her, judging by where the bookmark was, a solid two thirds of the way through something is quite an event. Leaning across the bed and noting that the book was The Cocker Spaniel, Care and Training for Home and Sport, I was reminded about the recent purchase I’d made. “It says you’ve got to read it all the way through before the dog arrives” Constance barked as…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023

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