I can see that.

Most of my men look upon work as an enemy.

They run from it and hide from it.
Now, come you to the kitchen and you shall eat well in reward." The great kitchen for the servants and retainers, who were many, was in the basement of the castle and John, his appetite sharp from the day's work, ate bountifully.

The obvious fact that he had already won the regard of Walther, a man of importance, inspired respect for him, and once the brunette Ilse, flitting through the kitchen, gave him a glance of approval.
He slept that night in a little room above the horses, but first he saw the moon rise over Zillenstein, the valley and the mountain, a vast panorama, white and cold.

He did not know what his next step was to be.
He did not know how he was to communicate with Julie, but he had an implicit confidence in the Providence that had guided him so far and so well.
Three days went by and he did not yet find the way, but he saw Julie once more at the window and yet another time walking on the terrace in front of the castle accompanied by Suzanne.