Nick is the Commander's chauffeur. He is an attractive young man about the narrator's age. He is not allowed to associate with the handmaid, but they defy the rules and start a physical relationship. On the night after the impregnation ceremony, the narrator goes downstairs to the sitting room of the house because she feels like stealing something. Nick finds her there, and in the silence they kiss and touch each other.
Nick functions as a messenger throughout her series of clandestine meetings with the Commander. When he wears his hat sideways, she knows that she is to go see the...
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