LUCY

Lucy is Sydney's sniffer dog. She is a beagle, she is patient, and she is certain, and if she sits down next to your bag it is because there is gunpowder in it, most likely a box of rockets from London. Once she has sat, the stop is forced and the search is certain. There is no declaring your way past her and no bluffing either, and Macallister, who is friendly about everything else, stops smiling. What follows is the bribe step, if you can cover it, at Sydney's strict odds. She does not text. She does not need to.