Sissy had pleasures and she was able to satisfy them- clotted cream on candied lemon, new hats piled with ribbon, a little dog named Gingerbell
A little dog with palsy, a little dog with ringworms, a little dog with canine cancer, a little dog whose life uncaninely parrelled her own. A dog whose spunky nature had led it to sink its tiny vice like jaws into life, and refuse to let go.