Tiffin
My 28 year old Indian mistress, mistress Kamala, has invited 4 of her friends around for afternoon tea; ‘tiffin’, as she likes to call it – although we are not in India during the days of the British Raj! This is the Gynarchy, during the days of Absolute Female Rule, and it is the middle of the winter. Therefore it is cold outside, and my mistress Kamala’s friends – all ladies of a similar age to my mistress and all also of Indian origins – are well wrapped up as they enter my mistress’s home. My mistress’s Filipina maid, miss Angelina, takes their coats, for miss Angelina is a superior servant to me in this household. She is a female servant, whereas I am a male slave and must remain on my hands and knees in the presence of my female superiors and betters – including her! The pretty, Indian feet of the female guests are well wrapped-up too, in socks and shoes and/or boots. And this fact is important to my story – for this is not going to be a story about what the ladies are discussing