【】edherhead.</p>
ithoughtsheeaboutiping.butaidenteritea.</p>
heanquiostasifsheaid.</p>
“thisisayi,”heanintroducedher.“sheisheretolookafteryou.she.”</p>
“thankyou,ayi,”isaidtotheidher.sheanofaboutfiftyetheteacup,hereyesngup.</p>
“shalliboilhote.</p>
“no,thankyou.notjustyet.illtellyoureadyforabath.”</p>
andclosedthedoor,iaskedhean,“areservantsstillallowed”</p>
“anyuneloyedpeople.ifsooneisillortherearebabies,nobodyanfroheseustsay,youlookterriblythin,”saidhean,lookiedbodyhwrinkledbrows.</p>
“dontatteroffood.illbeallright.hoaid.</p>
“therfouhroughafriend.but”heanloeas.becarefulyousaytoher.”</p>
inodded.</p>
“ithinkthegovents.aerdayahatheekindoftreesyouliked.”</p>
beente.sigoventagencies,interpretingthesindicationsoftheirpositionintheeyesoftheauthorities.</p>
heanseedrerelaxedandiling.soideeiping.“areyounoeeiping”</p>