“This second naming had been performed by no less a person than Miss Sarah Leason, who, during her more poetical phases, had a distinct leaning towards the great English bard, whom she was given to misquoting when chiding inferior beings.Yorick was an inferior being. It was in his nature to be inferior and he had no ambitions with regard to improvements or elevations in status. It suited him well enough to act as doormat, draught excluder, foot warmer and fetcher of half-chewed slippers. These l...atter items were a constant reminder of his low calibre, for he was the one who had masticated the nice fluffy bits into pulp while getting rid of his puppy teeth. At sixteen weeks of age, Yorick was already an old dog, a wise dog with an eye to a full plate and an ear ever cocked for Ma’s call.She looked fondly at him now, recognizing how much they had both changed since his arrival just a couple of weeks ago. Although the dog was far from a trier and a long way from industrious, he had altered in spite of himself, had become calm because he was in the company of an old lady.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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