On a sofa in a lamplit living room at night, a ruby Cavalier King Charles Spaniel lies with his eyes half closed, leaning into a white man in his fifties with grey stubble and reading glasses pushed up on his head, who hums softly as he strokes the dog's back.

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The Washing-Up Song

Some evenings you’re half asleep on the sofa while someone in the kitchen hums over the washing-up. No song you could name, just a low tune wandering between the clink of plates. You don’t decide to relax. Your shoulders simply come down. Somebody’s busy, nothing’s wrong, the house is fine.

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