Aibileen's point of view develops in this chapter. As are the subsequent chapters in Aibileen's voice, it is written in first person with a prevalent dialect. Aibileen's humor gets her through bad times, and it is clear that she must keep her real self inside in order to appear the subservient, obedient maid. She is also proud of her skills at raising children and is secretly pleased that they favor her over their own mamas. These chapters also show that Aibileen thinks Elizabeth Leefolt is too skinny and too unhappy to be a good mother; and that Baby Girl has a dangerous devotion to Aibileen. Baby Girl fears her mother's impatience and runs to Aibileen for comfort. This foreshadows events where Baby Girl sees herself as belonging more to Aibileen than her own kind.