"Don't mind none," Toby says with a shrug. "If I'm to stay here, I ought to earn my keep, right?" He knows how to bake bread, and he does know how to assemble meat pies. It's the sausage-making and the big bake-oven Toby wasn't really allowed to help with.

"I mean, don't look like the place needs someone extra to help keep it swept out."