1. Probably the dog Nero; see JWC to JAC, [10 Dec.]. Neuberg wrote to his sister, 4[probably 5] Dec.: “Madame C. thanks you for your offer of a cat. She is, however, already supplied, and has a cat and a dog, and master is
very kind to them. I myself saw him feed the cat; and when the dog arrived, which was sent from Manchester by railway, and
mistress was a little excited at the arrival, he was first silent, and then burst out into loud laughter, ‘Well, that is the
remarkablest little beast I ever saw!’ Then thought mistress, ‘We are all right now!’ The whole story of the dog episode,
beginning, middle, and end, and all connected with it and not connected with it—you can fancy how telling it was as narrated
by her, and how much time was taken up in bringing out all the points. We are great friends, however, the dog, mistress and
I, and master too. / Yesterday was the latter's birthday (fifty-four years, God bless the mark), and I dined with them (half
a leg of mutton, cut in two so as to roast twice, a ground rice pudding, sherry and port after dinner). But before dinner
I went to town with Mrs. C., to buy the dog a collar, and for master a shield for a new cap, which she had made for him, and
a card-case” (Sadler 282).
