#EnglishToySpaniel The Flagstaffs have just arrived at Daisy Creek at the end of the 1910s, after hearing the new settlement is a popular place for people to move in now. They have many servants who help keep their house clean. Old Myrtle doesn't know the evil natures of her children Ruth and Claude. She loves her toy spaniel, who she insists others call 'Madam' Gertrude.