After tallying everything, the next part of the process was to have the fish cleaned.
And that was something that the servants did after everyone had lunch.
Since hunger was the main reason that brought Calista back to the manor, she needed to fill her belly first before instructing the servants on how she wanted the fish to be cleaned.
After lunch, and taking a walk to digest the food, everyone once gathered again.
With Mammy Lena on the side, Calista couldn't go anywhere near a knife, so she could only stand there instructing the servants and Ma Susan who had come to join the party.
The first step was to kill the fish since they were all placed in the barrels alive earlier. Rather than slaughtering the few she wanted to cook that day, she decided to slaughter all of them.
This way, tomorrow's job would be less. There weren't a lot of workers at the restaurant. And there were other dishes which required cooking, so she didn't dare risk it.
