the sitting room has a goat's skin as a sitting place in front of the cottage's fireplace that is just a fire burning in a pit. It is incredibly small
sitting room, Inside Cottage
traveler
servant
I wait on the royals.  I am very poor.  I clean the galley.
Can I help you with anything, sir? Not right now. We are just resting before our long journey to the East.  What do you hope to find there, if you don't mind me asking? I am a merchant who trades spices. I import them and sell them West for money.  Ah yes, the West to the East Spice Trading Company. Do you recommend any specific spice? I'm very poor but I could always use a free sample. I am new. Hence my nervousness.  I hear salt is pretty good. Is that so? I mean, you should know, right? I am travelling with other merchants, I am am an apprentice merchant - so when someone offers advice, I am all ears! Oh, I see! Would you like your shoes shined, by the way? I usually clean the gallery here, but I'm good at that too. Is there room for that here?  