In spite of dismaying increases in wages, the Adamses still strove to keep a cook; and, as they were unable to pay the higher rates demanded by a good one, what they usually had was a whimsical coloured woman of nomadic impulses.

尽管工资增长令人沮丧，但亚当斯夫妇仍然努力留住一名厨师。而且，由于他们无法支付好人所要求的更高利率，他们通常拥有的是一位异想天开的游牧冲动的有色人种女性。