"Deer and birds? You might want to go in for gamekeeping, if you like animals." There was no shortage of animals in his own life, whether he was dealing with his dogs, feeding the wildlife, or hunting.

"Ah, no, I'll stick with lighting candles for people. I'd be here all day, otherwise." He'd witnessed a great deal of death in the course of his work, but there was only one death that had truly stayed with him, which he would never escape from.