Summary

In the Prologue, the first person narrator introduces herself directly to the reader. She delineates her identity as a maid, defined by her cleaning routine, the messes she finds and the meticulous way she restores each hotel room. The narrator describes herself as her vocation.

In Chapter 1, Nita Prose’s female narrator, Molly, introduces herself with identifying details. She is a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel who esteems propriety and order in herself and her workplace. Molly goes to work each day at the hotel, she enters through the front doors into the ornate lobby and heads to her locker to don a freshly laundered uniform. The narrator’s description of her daily routine is punctuated by statements of enthusiasm and satisfaction.

When the narrator’s grandmother, Gran, was living, she counseled Molly on navigating social interactions. If Molly was confused...