"The maid's room," she explained, and asked if I wanted to see it. It was a small cinder block room with a bath. There was room for a mattress on the floor and little else. "When we moved in, there was no hot water out here," she said.

She went on to say that their part-time maid begs to come and live in this small room because it is so much better than her home in the township. My hostess said she just did not feel comfortable about having a live-in maid.

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