A dog day; or, The angel in the house . (gfc, 9-0- Washed by Mary. A hateful business. Put into a tub, and rubbed all over—mouth, tail, and everywhere—with filthy soapy water,that loathsome cat looking on all the while, and sneering inher dashed superior way. I dont know, I am sure, whythe hussy should be so conceited. She has to clean her-self. I keep a servant to clean me. At the same time Ioften wish 1 was a black dog. They keep clean somuch longer. Every finger-mark shows up so frightfullyon the white part of me. I am a sight after Cook has been stroking me. Showed myself in my washe
A dog day; or, The angel in the house . (gfc, 9-0- Washed by Mary. A hateful business. Put into a tub, and rubbed all over—mouth, tail, and everywhere—with filthy soapy water,that loathsome cat looking on all the while, and sneering inher dashed superior way. I dont know, I am sure, whythe hussy should be so conceited. She has to clean her-self. I keep a servant to clean me. At the same time Ioften wish 1 was a black dog. They keep clean somuch longer. Every finger-mark shows up so frightfullyon the white part of me. I am a sight after Cook has been stroking me. Showed myself in my washed state to the family. All very nice to me. Quite a triumphal entry, in fact. Itis simply wonderful the amount of kudos Ive got fromthat incident with the man. Miss Brown (whom Irather like) particularly enthusiastic. Kissed me againand again, and called me a dear, clean, brave, sweet-smelling little 9-4°- While a visitor was being let in at the front-door I rushed out, and had the most glorious roll in the mud. Felt more like my old self then. Visited the family again. Shrieks of horror on seeing me caked in mud. But all agreed that I was not to bescolded to-day as I was a hero (over the man !). All,that is, except Aunt Brown, whose hand, for some reasonor other, is always against me—though nothing is toogood for the cat. She stigmatised me, quite gratuitously, as a horrid fellow.
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