Diary Of A Demon Butler pg3

14th March 1875

Today I am to prepare a fine meal for our guest and the young master.
The guest I am told is one of the only living relatives of the young master,
His uncle Clause.

Mid way through preparations for the guests arrival and already the staff have caused problems.
They were all given simple tasks to avoid such nuisances.
Finny was to weed the garden.
Mey-Rin was to set the table and polish the silver ware,
And Baldroy was to prepare a simple dressing and salad.
Yet they each manage to fail at these tasks.
Why does the young master not just allow me to hire competent staff ?

The Phantomhives previous head butler, Has given me inspiration that may salvage this visit.
I must send Finny to the markets to buy gravel.
Mey-Rin must fetch the reserve china from the store room.
And Baldroy must stay out of my way.
A Japanese style meal will have to suffice.
I hope that we can pull this off.

So far there seems to be no problems, he has not noticed that it has all been thrown together in haste.
Now only to serve the meal and wines and today's visit will have  been a success.

Oh dear it seems I may have spoken too soon.
As I was serving the meal Mey-Rin seems to have started day dreaming, and almost spilt wine all over our guest.
That clumsy woman, how could some one as absent minded have possibly been such a brilliant marksman ?
Fortunately I managed to remove the stained table clothe before the spilt beverage reached our honoured guest.

It is now mid evening and the visit seems to have been a success, with no help form the staff I may mention.
The young master has informed me that his uncle is a procurer of sorts and that game cartridge that he was handed,
Holds some form of human narcotic.
The young masters motives are as of yet unclear.

But I was informed that since they young master is now Earl Phantomhive he must assume the role,
As father before him  
The Queens watchdog I am to believe.
So it seems I must expect trouble.
Even as a demon this life is quite tedious.