- The protagonist of the novel is Griet.
- Griet and her family are in need of money, so she has to go live at Cathernia's house in Oude Langendijck and work for them as a maid. She will get paid eight stuivers a day.
- Griet has to sleep in a cellar and she notices a small picture of Christ on the cross and she finds it disturbing. She then thinks about changing the picture!
- Now she sees a yellow satin and gets scared to her surprise the patron's wife comes in and tell her that everyone gets scared when they see these kind of paintings.
- Griet feels a relief that she gets to go home and see her family and hopes she will be doing so every Sunday.
- What would happen if Griet refused to go?
- Are eight stuivers a day a good quantity or just enough?
- Why does Griet find crosses disturbing?
- Will Agnes soon be sent off to work away too?
- Stuivers (6): a former nickle coin of the Netherlands
- Kiln (10): an oven
- Tapestry (31): a fabric consisting of colored threads of woven by hand to make a design
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- "The women's face was like an oval serving plate" (4). Simile.
- "After she had gone her face lingered like perfume" (43). Simile.
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- Griet is now working away from and trying to adjust to a new family.
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