Short Fiction · Character
Diana
Newfoundland dog who saves his master from a maelstrom.
minor
Also known as Duke Di Broglio
First appearance: a descent into the maelstr m
Diana shows up with force in A Predicament. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Zenobia's small poodle with a blue ribbon, who smells a rat during the climb and later sits obediently in the corner of the belfry.
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- Closing
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