Because he had gone to bed so late, by the time Shard woke up from bed again, it was already nine o'clock on Saturday morning. A full six hours of sleep had revitalized him. However, the cat, having only eaten the cat food prepared by Shard before bedtime without getting to drink any goat milk, was quite unhappy with "slothful" Shard.
So much so that during the trip to the photo studio to retrieve the pictures taken last time, and then to the post office to send them to Miss Gawder, the cat was completely indifferent to Shard.
But as soon as Shard took it into a restaurant, Mia seemed to instantly forget about her displeasure with that morning's breakfast. When Shard brought her to Dr. Schneider's Clinic, the cat returned to its usual self, energetically perching on Shard's shoulder and looking around inquisitively.