The next day was National Day, which also happened to be the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Lucy Ansley got up early and first went to the small courtyard next door to see the pet dog, Anna.
Nowadays, the little one had grown too big to be kept in the villa area and could only be looked after by the servants in the garden.
Fortunately, with its vast area, the butler was planning to build Anna an independent dog play area to frolic around.
The two-story courtyard had been previously occupied by Thomas Chapman, but during the National Day, he wasn't staying in the garden, leaving the courtyard vacant.
Lucy pushed open the small door outside the courtyard and had hardly called out before the snow-white Anna bounded around the corner of the small building, "Awoo..."
You could call it a robust creature of a whimpering monster.
Lucy played with its big head for a while, looked around the courtyard, noticing the double-tiered doghouse in the corner, and glimpsed the air conditioning inside.
