the castle would be waking up soon ; stableboys would be stumbling out to the barns , washerwomen would be moving to the laundries , cooks ' apprentices would be stumbling puffy-eyed and sleepy to their fires ( thinking of the kitchens made dennis 's belly rumble anew-by now even the hateful turnips would have tasted quite nice-but food , he reckoned , would have to wait ) .