The Master's Child
A tide of dogs flows into the room, tails wagging, noses raised towards table level, or in Emma's case, above table level, giving her a direct line of sight on the turkey.
James whips off his pirate hat, then snatching up a pig-in-blanket, he smears bacon fat all along the length of the paper. He snaps his fingers under the table, waving the greasy paper. "Hey, Scruffy. Here, Scruffy." Michael's rat-faced mongrel streaks across the floor, snatches at the hat then speeds away with it, trailing oily tissue behind him.
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