the facilities

 At The House Under the Mango Tree, you have to go outside, put on your slippers, and walk across the yard to the bathrooms.

 It troubles me that they appear to be furbished up and not used by the people of the household while I'm here. I will have to talk to the lady of the house about that. Also she won't accept my money. I will take my sister's suggestion and enclose it in a thank you card. It seems to me she's spent far more on fitting the place out than I'm paying her.