kitty

“Clever kitty! She is always first to know when visitors arrive. Ah, my dear Penny, at last!”

“My original inspiration was to match the furniture to the kitties so I don’t see their cat hair,” he says.

Discarded eventually — a raven essentially fills a similar role — the cat today has been resurrected for the Mansion, most notably in a revised attic scene where the kitty is spotted near a mournful bride.

Spending cash from the kitty is clean, clear and less dangerous if things go wrong.

You have to assume that the transfer kitty, or most of it, has been spent, so don't hold out much hope of signing many players in January.