Roger, the London cook, rejoices in the Reeve’s tale and thinks that the crooked miller was well repaid for trying to cheat the two students and ridiculing their education. The Cook promises a lively tale, and the Host reminds him that he has to tell a very good tale, indeed, to repay the company for all of the bad food he has sold to them.
An apprentice cook, named Perkin Reveler, works in London and loves dancing, singing, gambling, carousing, and all types of sinful things. After being dismissed by his master, the young man is free to revel all night and day and joins another young man as corrupt as he is and moves his bed and belongings into his place. The man’s wife keeps a shop, which is a front for her immoral activities.
