Mabel Steele is the sort of Bulldog who is stubborn in public and soft hearted in private, a proper comic boulder. Mabel Steele keeps an old human photo of a smiling dog and human tucked away and treats it like evidence in a trial nobody scheduled. Bakers slip Mabel Steele the fresher biscuits near the council fountain and pretend they did not. The old soup stalls have heard most of Mabel Steele's theories and politely keep them to themselves. Academic detail: Finished pup school with a respectable 3.01 GBS (Gud Boy Scale) and a folder of homework chewed only along the edges.