Such duties do not belong to myself and remain the responsibility of the kitchen staff and maids. To take them from them would be an insult! I could never do such a thing. They all work oh so terribly hard. And, to be honest, I could not compare.

But, even so, our Master no longer needed many to serve him. So, we could only lie it wait till he did.

In that time, I must say, there are only so many times one can read one book. I have memorized several. One does tire of the same routine, the same books, the same paintings, the same music, the same games...