Who is Basil and Bayley Penniman from The Cat Who Saw Red and what is their importance? Cat_Who_series English & Literature Basil and Bayley Penniman | The Cat Who Saw Red

Basil and Bayley are the owners of the Hash House chain of restaurants. The Penniman brothers also own the newspaper that is the rival for the Daily Fluxion. It was Basil and Bayley that spread the rumors about the Golden Lamb Chop with the hopes that they could ruin Max Sorrel and take over his location for the Hash House restaurants.