There was a nasty period during the First World War when the family's allegiance was called into question - not least because one of the Schroders had been made a baron by the Kaiser.
Be it a chorkie (Chihuahua/Yorkshire terrier), peek-a-poo (Pekingese/poodle), sheprador (German shepherd/Labrador retriever) or bagel hound (beagle/basset hound), Brady says her crew can figure it out.
Mr. Betteredge, he said, as you have honoured me by taking an oar in my boat, and as you may, I think, be of some assistance to me before the evening is out, I see no use in our mystifying one another any longer, and I propose to set you an example of plain speaking on my side.[…]
What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks.