Within an hour, the two wardens had visited four other homes. Early on, Winnie decided that a team effort was needed. She’d do the talking while Leslie filled in the forms, thus making the process more efficient. “It doesn’t say anywhere the occupants must fill out the forms. Their signatures should be quite enough.”
The Winnie system seemed to be working until they approached the last home on today’s list. Clive Langdon was the owner of the local pub, The Peasant’s Revolt, and it was well-known in the village he hated both Leslie and Edward, and “those goddamn dogs of theirs.” Leslie somewhat understood. He no longer brought the kids into the pub, but he thought it unkind of Clive, and unfair to all dog owners everywhere, especially when Samson and Delilah were so terribly sweet and didn
