Chapter 4 Summary

Coomy is awakened by her cleaning woman, Phoola Phoola, ringing the doorbell. Jal doesn't answer it, so Coomy has to. She asks Phoola Phoola to do her room first, because she has a headache and plans to go back to bed. Phoola Phoola gets to Nariman's room and cries out. Nariman has had a bowel accident in his bed. The cleaning woman says she cannot work in such a place and leaves. She says she will be back tomorrow for her money. Jal and Coomy finally get Nariman and his bed cleaned up. They trade in the commode for a bedpan and urinal. During the day, Nariman asks Coomy to do him one favor. He hasn't had his teeth cleaned in five days and wonders if she would do it. Coomy snatches the glass with Nariman's teeth in it, takes it to the...