A maidservant spat out of an upstairs window while the funeral procession was just below it.
After university professor Xiao Yuanxi 萧元熙 (Zhao Dan) breaks up with his girlfriend, he finds his maidservant Yu Zhen 余珍 (Qin Yi) an attractive, though unpolished, woman.
Anna Göldi (1734–1782), Swiss maidservant, executed for murder (alleged by use of witchcraft)
Whenever the author was asked which of her novels were her favorites, she always mentioned Manservant and Maidservant and A House and Its Head.