Sir, Our neighbours once had an embarrassing experience similar to that of Mrs Janet Harris, who mistook her vicar for a double-glazing salesman (letter, June 17). Anyone calling on our neighbours, who were delightful people, was greeted by their Staffordshire bull terrier, barking loudly from inside and hurling himself at the door.
One day, we watched with a sense of foreboding as the newly appointed young vicar mounted the steps to visit our neighbour for the first time. The dog duly threw himself into his energetic and noisy display, only for his master to call out loudly to the unfortunately named dog: “Down, Satan!”
CHRISTOPHER J. MULVEY
Lewes, East Sussex