"Maybe we could sell them out of the park," she says thoughtfully, her enthusiasm for the idea increasing. "Then they'd be more likely to go to folk who don't live too far away."

Because as much as she likes the idea of the strays finding good homes, she's also mulling over contingency plans for if they find bad ones. Maybe she can ask Edgar how his family handled that sort of thing. "I don't want them to end up in a bad place and not be able to help them out of it."