CHAPTER 13: Officers Of The Palace.
The next morning, just as they had finished their early breakfast, they were sent for by Fazli Ali.
"You had better accompany me on my rounds," he said.

"I shall not commit any special duties to you, until I see whether the sultan intends that you shall remain with me, or whether, as is far more likely, he assigns other work to you.

Were you placed in separate charges in the Palace, I should have to fill your places if you left.
Therefore I propose that, at present, you shall assist me in general supervision.
"We will first go to the kitchens.

These give me more trouble than any other part of my duties.

In the first place, one has to see that the contractors do their work properly, that the number of carcases sent in is correct, the flesh of good quality, and that the list of game is correct.