“Around that time, a man of means was staying here with his wife. He was a terror to the staff, put his hands on the maids. Put his hands on me. Well, a lamp got knocked over in his rooms, set his clothes and his belongings on fire. He left the next day. The boy never said anything, but I knew it was him. He done it for me. A smart lad. And loyal.” The housekeeper said, “She looked at him like she’d kill him, if she’d only had the courage.”
