The Milone family was the most prosperous in Wolf Spring, their fields rich and orchards bountiful, their woods full of game. Had they any other gift, they too would likely have employed servants to care for all that. But they were naturalists, and so they did not.

"I know enough to feed myself, but it's hardly a passion," Jules admitted. "And there's more variety here than there ever was back home, anyway, so I'm happy to let someone who knows what they're doing take care of it."