The corridor was so poorly lit that Tyrion almost stumbled on the turnkey, sprawled across the cold stone floor. He prodded him with a toe. " Is he dead" ?
Six prisoners, Jaime thought sourly, while we pay wages for twenty turnkeys, six undergaolers, a chief undergaoler, a gaoler, and a King's Justice. " I want to question these two turnkeys" .
That's a " turnkey business, " you can start it and it starts working correctly right away because someone has already figured out the proper steps – the things that you need to do.
He called the turnkey who was devoted to him, and sent sent him two or three times at intervals of one hour to see if the priest was still by the prison gates.