Probably he would steal out by night to make a meal from the carcass of the cow, but it had been arranged that he was to do this undisturbed, and that the hunt was to take place by daylight.
"It is wonderful how the servants manage everything," Isobel said.

"The table is just as well arranged as it is at home.

People would hardly believe in England, if they could see us sitting here, that we were only out on a two days' picnic.

They would be quite content there to rough it and take their meals sitting on the ground, or anyway they could get them.

It really seems ridiculous having everything like this." "There is nothing like making yourself comfortable," the Doctor said; "and as the servants have an easy time of it generally, it does them good to bestir themselves now and then.