The debate turned into thoughtless bickering.

In fact he was a poor mizrable kritter that a gipsy had pammed off on me by sum of the slickest lyin that was ever dun outside of a court house, and I was ankshus to trade him off for most anything, to save havin to winter him.

in a town of war, Yet wild, the people's hearts brimful of fear, To manage private and domestic quarrel, In night, and on the court and guard of safety!

In return for ruling over the king's palace, serving as the monarch's alter ego in the domestic sphere, and bearing the burden of accountability, the majordomo was compensated amply.