The mansion entrance room is very large and you can see up multiple stories. There is natural light from stained glass windows. The floors and the staircase at the far side of the room are made of fine marble. There are paintings of the baron and his family on the walls. There are ornate decorations and trinkets on tables against the wall.
mansion entrance, Inside Cottage
maid
guest
I am provided a special place to sleep. I may be tired after my travels. I am furnished with warm hospitality and a good meal.
You there dear!  Have my rooms been made ready yet?  Please and thank you darling! Yes, they have. I am just about to serve breakfast to the royal family.  Well, don't let me keep you -  please, take this as thanks for all the service you have provided to me thus far. How kind of you, madame. Are you enjoying your stay at the castle thus far? Oh yes, most lovely.  Have you worked here long? Over ten years now. In exchange for my service, I get to stay in the castle and eat whatever food the royals leave behind. You must eat well then!  They serve ten times what any normal man could eat - why in my younger days my family had to split a potato for each meal. Yes, I am quite grateful for the opportunity they've given me. All they ask in return is complete obedience.  Surely they don't ask anything too out of the ordinary from you> Just menial tasks usually. They are good-hearted people as I'm sure you know.  Excellent!  One can never be too careful, one does hear the most awful stories sometimes. How do you know the royal family, if I may ask? It's not too often they have guests stay over. 