CHAPTER 7Feudal
“Distinguished, are they?” Mosson, who was freshening his highball, looked amused.
“Very. The cook—Reina—is the best type of West Indian, brought up in the British colonial tradition. Redfield calls her Debby. Her daughter Alice is American born and bred; she’s had two years of college, and wouldn’t be doing housework here if Debby didn’t need her. Tilly Wirtz is Austrian, from somewhere near Salzburg; limpidly honest, awfully stupid, getting on in years. Redfield picked her up in a hotel over there, and got her to this country years ago. But she hasn’t made much sense of us yet, and doesn’t speak English very well.”
The studio door opened, and a small procession entered. It was headed by a tall and large black woman, who wore a white uniform. A magenta handkerchief was
