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A. E. Coppard. The Black Dog, and Other Stories
The Black Dog, and Other Stories
Table of Contents
The Black Dog
II
III
IV
V
Alas, Poor Bollington!
The Ballet Girl
Simple Simon
The Tiger
II
III
IV
Mordecai and Cocking
The Man from Kilsheelan
Tribute
The Handsome Lady
The Fancy Dress Ball
The Cat, the Dog, and the bad old Dame
The Wife of Ted Wickham
Tanil
The Devil in the Churchyard
Huxley Rustem
Big Game
The Poor Man
Luxury
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A. E. Coppard
Published by Good Press, 2021
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But her father looked bewildered and professed his ignorance.
“Take me in to her,” said Orianda, and they all walked across to “The Black Dog.” There was no one within; father and daughter went into the garden while Gerald stayed behind in a small parlour. Through the window that looked upon a grass plot he could see a woman sitting in a deck chair under a tree. Her face was turned away so that he saw only a curve of pink cheek and a thin mound of fair hair tossed and untidy. Lizzie’s large red fingers were slipping a sprig of watercress into a mouth that was hidden round the corner of the curve. With her other hand she was caressing a large brown hen that sat on her lap. Her black skirt wrapped her limbs tightly, a round hip and a thigh being rigidly outlined, while the blouse of figured cotton also seemed strained upon her buxom breast, for it was torn and split in places. She had strong white arms and holes in her stockings. When she turned to confront the others it was easy to see that she was a foolish, untidy, but still a rather pleasant woman of about thirty.
