Sadie grins, pleased by the response - if a little bereft now that Frank's down on the floor. Well, nothing to do but join him. They can just all lie on the floor in a great, fluffy pile! Sadie lifts Frank's arm so she can snuggle up to him properly, and her fox lets out a contented purr. And she can still reach Frank's pyrenees - perfect. She resumes carding her fingers through the dog's fur as her fox presses his nose against her forehead.

"I expect we were too busy drinking," she says, and for the first time in her life, she sounds as if that fact disappoints her a little.