He should probably spare expenses on a real cook, but then - all the better to disgust Nesah out in short order.

"I see. Tell me, Mr. Benjamin: if a man larger than you came in the back door, just as you did, or harassed your front door until someone answer to stop the assault, and your job was secure here but for another man barging in through the servant's entrance begging the same or worse: what would you do? Spare no detail."