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The Hotel-keeper
An Italian woman who works in a hotel in Italy under the hotel-keeper. Her responsibilities include cleaning the room occupied by the American wife and her husband, George. Within the hierarchy of characters in the story, the maid is the most powerless (all of her actions, such as following the American wife outside with an umbrella, as well as bringing up a cat to her room, are directed by her boss, the hotel-keeper). However, she also seems to be quite bold and unafraid, laughing in the face of the American wife when she learns that she has gone out in the bad weather to look for a cat.
The Maid Quotes in Cat in the Rain
The Cat in the Rain quotes below are all either spoken by The Maid or refer to The Maid . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Cat in the Rain
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With the maid holding the umbrella over her, she walked along the gravel path until she was under their window. The table was there, washed bright green in the rain, but the cat was gone. She was suddenly disappointed.
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“Ha perduto qualche cosa, Signora?”
“There was a cat,” said the American girl.
“A cat?”
“Sì, il gatto.”
“A cat?” the maid laughed. “A cat in the rain?”
“Yes,” she said, “under the table.” Then, “Oh, I wanted it so much. I wanted a kitty.”
When she talked English the maid’s face tightened.
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In the doorway stood the maid. She held a big tortoise-shell cat pressed tight against her and swung down against her body.
“Excuse me,” she said, “the padrone asked me to bring this for the Signora.”
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The Maid Quotes in Cat in the Rain
The Cat in the Rain quotes below are all either spoken by The Maid or refer to The Maid . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Cat in the Rain
Quotes
With the maid holding the umbrella over her, she walked along the gravel path until she was under their window. The table was there, washed bright green in the rain, but the cat was gone. She was suddenly disappointed.
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“Ha perduto qualche cosa, Signora?”
“There was a cat,” said the American girl.
“A cat?”
“Sì, il gatto.”
“A cat?” the maid laughed. “A cat in the rain?”
“Yes,” she said, “under the table.” Then, “Oh, I wanted it so much. I wanted a kitty.”
When she talked English the maid’s face tightened.
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In the doorway stood the maid. She held a big tortoise-shell cat pressed tight against her and swung down against her body.
“Excuse me,” she said, “the padrone asked me to bring this for the Signora.”
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