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The black spaniel, and other stories by Robert Hichens is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. It opens with a psychological tale of moral conflict and obsession over animal cruelty and vivisection, centering on the cultured traveler Vernon Kersteven, the eminent physician Dr. Peter Deeming, and their mutual friend who narrates. The opening of the collection follows the narrator as he introduces Deeming to Vernon in Rome, where a dinner debate over animals turns heated after Vernon reveals his beloved spaniel was stolen and used for vivisection. Back in England, events take a tense, uncanny turn: Deeming abruptly leaves Rome, looks ill at Dover, and Vernon soon rents the house next door in Wimpole Street, shrouding his motives.
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