"Given the jobs you have listed, that does not surprise me in the slightest." I replied, smiling faintly at the deer in headlights look she was giving. "This ..." I gestured to the room around us ".. is an entirely different type of employment. I am sure that in your old job, you were thought of as simply another cog in a machine, one that should do its job, and be discarded and replaced should it not prove satisfactory. Here, it is different."<br/><br/>I paused, letting my words sink in for her. "I will not say you will find this as easy as your previous job. I am not an easy person to satisfy, but if you can show you are capable, then you shall have respect and more."<br/><br/>"Now, let us retire to the kitchen. I believe the cook at the markets, so you may give me your impressions of our larders, and if you wish to make suggestions of ingredients or dishes, you may do so. Tell me, mademoiselle, do you cook?"