[The house will be quiet and calm, when he arrives. Alfie will be in the kitchen (possibly alongside Royce), cooking up a stew with the rabbit that Royce had hunted earlier, and there's already-baked bread warming in the oven. The aforementioned terror of a dog is lying stretched out in front of the fireplace, snoozing peacefully, and there's a cat skulking around the tops of the cabinets.]
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