As it turned out Callie's first task was cleaning the kitchen after the breakfast - scrubbing plates and pots, sweeping the floor of the common room as well as the kitchen.<br/><br/>Karuna gave a quick demonstration of her singing talent which persuaded the innkeeper - a tall, muscular man, unlike the portly ones Callie often saw - that it was more than enough to pay the lodging and food, if she sang in the evening.