This is the view of a prominent member of the staff of the Royal Veterinary College, London.The greyhound, for instance, cannot resist the impulse to chase small dogs and cats. They have been known to worry goats, especially white goats.Sunday Times, 1937Rowland felt a little guilty eating Lucy’s picnic, but he was famished. Between them, he and Lenin polished off most of the basket’s contents. It had cooled off marginally and, after the difficulty of the last couple of days, the shed was a peaceful refuge. He brooded for a time, furious that Hayden had emerged to resurrect the ghosts of a past he had tried hard to exorcise. The scars left by the vicious beatings of his youth were on his back where he couldn’t see them. Until now, Rowland had put the memories where he couldn’t see them, too.“I doubt Lucy’s coming back for us, old boy,” he said, scratching the dog’s one ear. “We’d best start back—it’ll be dark soon.”Rowland decided to take the road rather than cut through the paddocks.
