Tobias did come back by the time the girl was ripping the splinter into smaller splinters. He sat down a tray with two glasses of ale as well as three cups of steaming broth, some bread, and cheese. "I figured we might as well eat sum't before the journey. It will strengthen ye," he told Alice. And you could use sum't with the alcohol," he told Anthony, and he set one cup of broth in front of him. Alice took her cup of tea, but did not respond otherwise.