Prologue
Contains spoilers
Summary
- The narrator is a maid who cleans hotel rooms.
- She describes her duties, such as emptying trash, changing sheets, and cleaning up messes.
- The maid is privy to the guests' private lives, deducing if they had company and the consequences of their excesses.
- She ensures that the room looks untouched and perfect after her work is done.
- The chapter concludes with the maid pondering on the anonymity of her own identity in contrast to what she knows about the guests.