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At home in Kent, Winston Churchill wakes up. He's reaching the end of his time in parliament and in some ways he's not surprised to sense that there's a visitor in the room. It's someone he hasn't seen for a while, but the presence of the huge, mute hulk who watched him with a tortured expression was only to be expected. Winston's black dog was back.

And Mr Chartwell (Black Pat to his friends) is dangerously seductive. I felt myself falling in love with him – but that didn't surprise me either. Winston has come under his spell before, but Esther is reluctant to give in. She's not really a doggy person and she's understandably nervous about having Black Pat in the house, but the money he offers is too good to refuse. She's adamant though that he cannot have occasional use of the car.