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![]() ![]() ![]() The explosive comedy of "Mary's" departure from her white mistress' service is a welcome comic relief from the tension of earlier chapters. Ironically, Maya wastes tender sympathies on her barren employer, who appears unaware of the handsome offspring of the faceless Mr. Pointedly, amid the proper and prestigious array of dishes and glassware, the drinking vessels of Miss Glory and Maya sit "on a separate shelf from the others," mute testimony to the racism that lurks as a silent third party between kitchen servant and lady of the house. ![]() Viola Cullinan, where she learns the mysteries of china and silver. Flowers, Maya, like a dusky imitation of a white debutante, advances to the kitchen of Mrs. ![]()
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