"The whole house seemed to exhale a melancholy breath of emptiness

There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.
There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.

There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.
There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.