Because the dog was acting in such a way, it was imperative for us to break down walls, rip settees, wreck furniture and wreck the whole house.
Many will die, not from burns but from the thick, acrid smoke and toxic fumes that are rapidly generated when foam ignites in upholstered chairs and settees.
Yet not everybody requires a settee and two chairs, nor a wardrobe, dressing-table and chest, nor a sideboard, table and four chairs.
I can recall children watching the most innocuous of television films in the home and hiding behind the settee because they were frightened.
In the living room there was a bit of linoleum, one seat and a broken settee.
Many of them live in small houses or in only two rooms, or in one room, and they find bed-settees of very great benefit.
When we look at the price of one settee at about £1,000 for that type of accommodation, we can see that those furnishings are not cheap.
We have two two-seater settees which we are afraid to use for fear of them being marked or damaged.
