Mrs TD's Breakfast.

Here we have Mrs TD eating her breakfast, or rather we have Merlin watching Mrs TD eating her breakfast.

I believe "Hope springs eternal in the canine breast" is an appropriate saying for the occasion; he may have earned a small corner of crust from a slice of toast and jam (Mrs TD says it's marmalade, it seems to be important) but he does need to retain his svelte figure.

What you cannot see is that his little stump is wagging ten-to-the-dozen in anticipation which manifests itself merely as a slight quivering of the overlying fur.