Ommirandy is a Black elderly house servant in the American countryside whose charge is Nancy, the wife of Master James. Nancy is to go into the mountain region to visit a friend and Ommirandy accompanies her. When they arrive, Ommirandy is taken aback by the way that the Black people there act: some use the title mister/misus and they all practice a higher level of autonomy than Ommirandy believes they should have. Every night there, Ommirandy tells Nancy stories about the peculiar Black people there, whether it is about the people who hang around in the alleys or those who walk about the street holding covered items, which she finds suspicious of a Black person to do. One night, Ommirandy is awakened by a rustling in the house that she initially believes to be an earthquake. Investigating, she follows fiddle music to the kitchen that it is in the backyard, where she finds the servants dancing and celebrating a recently wedded couple with a silent infare. Everyone removed their shoes so they could dance silently and the fiddler plays somewhat quietly. Finding this amusing, Ommirandy chuckles to herself and goes back to sleep. The next morning, the master of the house says he dreamt of an earthquake and asks if anyone felt anything strange last night. Ommirandy claims she slept through the night, though her eyes tell Nancy there is more to the story. When they return to their home, Ommirandy tells Nancy and James the story, knowing that they will find it hilarious. The servants had called Ommirandy a 'white folks' servant. Ommirandy laughs, saying that this is the fate of Black people who don't get on well with Whites: they become increasingly internal and lose the value that White people see in them. Ommirandy breathes a sigh of relief to be back home, amongst Black people with house training.