The idea of lots of books that she could read free and with his permission was a thrill to her.  She grinned brightly, obviously excited about that perk of this job.  Food, safe shelter, and books.  She was really feeling she had found the gold pot at the end of a rainbow. 

She watched the scenery as they continued down the road.  She was already planning on saving her wages.  She would have all she needed, so there was no need to use it until she was ready to.  Eventually, she would have had to move as her not getting taller and her voice going deeper would get noticed.  Changing from place to place she had gone to places that though she was still a very younger boy.   She could just say her family had a lot of dwarfs or something, but moving around let her see new places.  The only problem was she had really liked Whitby.  She had made some good friends, like Gus and Mr. Cheevers.  This way she wouldn't see them as often and it would be less noticed that she didn't get taller as the boys she spent time with.

She continued to enjoy the pie, and then wiped her mouth and then her hands off her pants.  "That was good.  Thank you, again." 

She thought for a bit.  "You have a family there?  A wife?  Children?"  She was curious about the people she would be working around.