"Papa would have said there's no point in going to all the effort of installing it if it's not going to set every dog in the Deck to howling," Zoe says with a slight smile as she picks up the sugar bowl. "I don't hold up much hope for Annie, though; the Chiveses are very...keen on schedules."

She adds a lump of brown sugar and a dash of milk before she speaks again.

"Papa left Hadyn a trust fund."