Horatia Harrod (great name by the way - I had no idea whether it was male or female) is a lesbian journalist working for the Financial Times on the life and arts section of the newspaper. Her wife more or less told her that she could not love her truly unless she loved animals. As she said, the stakes were raised in their relationship.
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Then, came along a cat. A friend had fallen in love with a woman who was allergic to cats and therefore they had to give up her cat. So Horatia had her hands on a cat to look after and it seems that quite quickly she fell in love with Hopper, a slender, green-eyed, white-socked female of eight-years-of-age.
Hopper made the long months of the summer lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic enjoyable for her. She would watch her stalk through the long grass which reminded her of the wider world. She got into routines with her cat and every evening she would play with Hopper. And then when lockdown neared an end she worried that Hopper would miss her. And, yes, she will or has depending on the timing of their separation.
We have a convert to join the ranks of cat lovers. I love that and thank you Horatia for loving this cat. Hopper has found a very good home by the sound of it. She will enjoy a good life and it is a gift that you will give her. She will repay that gift many times over.
Photo: Love for a cat. Clipart in public domain.
