Thomasina - the Cat Who Thought She Was God
“Now a hush would fall upon a knot of gabblers in front of the post office when he entered or left, or at the chemist’s; he was conscious of drawing looks askance and could hear the whispers when his back was turned.
Some of them reached to his ears and were to the effect that if he could not or would not cure his own child’s little pet, why then he could not be the doctor he was supposed to be and a pity to take one’s own dear little thing to him, only to have him recommend to put it away. ...And furthermore, if his own child would neither speak to him nor have any dealings with him in his own home, as everyone knew was the case, there must be something very black indeed about the man and even more than met the eye at first.
Irritation, anger, shame, and frustration had further caused a deterioration in the behavior of MacDhui toward his clients and patients and made him the more truculent, bullying, short-tempered, and argumentative. He spoke in even a louder, more rasping tone and seemed to be looking for veiled insults or allusions in the most innocent remarks, until even the summer visitors thought him a most peculiar and unpleasant man, but since there was no other veterinarian within miles, they had to bear with him when their dogs acquired summer mange or suffered a sting from an insect or a bite from some bad-tempered local animal.MoreLess
Some of them reached to his ears and were to the effect that if he could not or would not cure his own child’s little pet, why then he could not be the doctor he was supposed to be and a pity to take one’s own dear little thing to him, only to have him recommend to put it away. ...And furthermore, if his own child would neither speak to him nor have any dealings with him in his own home, as everyone knew was the case, there must be something very black indeed about the man and even more than met the eye at first.
Irritation, anger, shame, and frustration had further caused a deterioration in the behavior of MacDhui toward his clients and patients and made him the more truculent, bullying, short-tempered, and argumentative. He spoke in even a louder, more rasping tone and seemed to be looking for veiled insults or allusions in the most innocent remarks, until even the summer visitors thought him a most peculiar and unpleasant man, but since there was no other veterinarian within miles, they had to bear with him when their dogs acquired summer mange or suffered a sting from an insect or a bite from some bad-tempered local animal.MoreLess
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