Chapter Two Summary

Weeks pass and Dennis is happy at his job, which he thinks has variety, unlike when he was in the British army's Transport Command in Italy during the recently-ended World War II. That was when his first and only book of poetry appeared, which he wrote during the boredom of his non-combatant service. The book won literary prizes and, after the war, Dennis came to Hollywood to write a screenplay on the life of the renowned English poet, Percy Shelley. He hated the studio and quickly quit. Now he is happy working at the pet funeral home for Mr. Shultz and Dennis's colleague, Miss Poski. He has seen not just cats, dogs, and birds, but even a pet bear and a chimpanzee.

Meanwhile, Sir Francis is having trouble with Juanita del Pablo's makeover. Instead of being Spanish, she is now supposed...