He shook his head when the boy shouted to the class to shut up. He rolled his eyes a little. With the kids distracted at least, he sat at the desk and steepled his fingers. "I do have a job for ya, but I brought you here so we wouldn't have to talk too loud about one of the problems I know you have." He pulled out the parcel of lunch and he dropped it in front of the kid... "Two sandwiches with leftover chicken, a wedge of cheese, some fruit and whatnot... It's hard to think about things when you're hungry, so I brought you lunch, and breakfast. I want you to look after Bram and remind him to pay attention to his sums. That doesn't mean for you to swat him about and bully him, I really need him to at least learn his sums. And in addition, I have some stuff I need help with at home and I am willing to pay you a shilling or two if you help me put up some fence. My lady is expecting our first child and I don't want her doing the heavy lifting like she thinks she should do." He paused and then said, "The choice is yours, though. I'll still give you lunch and breakfast if you come to school. The fence building has nothing to do with school. I just figured you wouldn't mind some extra money," he shrugged.