Prologue

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.