Dec 23, 2009
Cashier
The cashier is a young, colored (mixed-race) African woman who works at the grocery store across the street from Dr. von Leinsdorf’s home. When she delivers razors to Dr. von Leinsdorf’s apartment for him, she refuses a tip and seems happy to help. She also agrees to bring his groceries to him two or three times a week.
The cashier has a small frame and a delicate face. Her skin is not dark, and Dr. von Leinsdorf sees it as ‘‘the subdued satiny color of certain yellow wood.’’ She wears her hair drawn back in a chignon. There is a gap between her...
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