看完后惆怅的紧，久久不知道该说些什么！
又一本薄薄的小书，但又如行云流水般赋予同名画作灵性，让画中女主Griet走向世俗，向我们倾诉她那隐忍又倔强的情愫。。。
书中的Griet因为家道中落，而不得不背上沉重的养家负担，不到17岁就去画家那做仆人，但从小受泥瓦匠爸爸那简单的绘画熏陶，加上自己聪慧的天分，Griet有自己独特的思想，洞悉世俗，但耀眼的她刚一入主家，就明白自己这日子不大好过，不被女主人、小女主人和同行喜欢，但为了8毛钱的工资，她只能硬着头皮往前走！
I thought for a moment. “So one of Delft’s wealthiest men takes pleasure in looking at you each day.” Tanneke不喜欢她，但她为了能更好的做好自己的分内事，也活的舒服点，向Tanneke说漂亮话，妒忌Griet的Tanneke听到夸赞自己的话，当然立马眉飞色舞，心情阴转晴，开心的告诉Griet要做什么，该注意什么。。。
I was careful to deflect any praise for better housekeeping from myself. I did not want to make enemies.为了生存，很懂生活道理的Griet不得不低调，恨不得把自己低到尘埃里，只是为了不让自己受伤，可是现实往往是残酷的！
在爱叽叽喳喳结伴玩的年纪，她却选择独善其身，不喜欢跟主家的几个小女孩扎堆，只是想独行于Delft的大街小巷，做些自己想做的事情：
I did not want it to become habit for the girls to accompany me. I would use it as a reward for minding me.
I was also longing to walk in familiar streets on my own, not to have a constant reminder of my new life chattering at my side
从一入住主家，Griet就发现这位小小姐的与众不同与乖捩，预感自己将来生活中的绊子肯定与这位脱不开干系：
I found myself warming to her sweetness, yet knowing I could not trust her. She could be the most interesting of the girls, but also the most changeable�the best and the worst at the same time.
没想到最后还是一语成谶，这位小小姐处心积虑的让她的人生早早拐了个弯，步入寻常家庭过起柴米油盐的寻常生活。
在得知要Griet进入画家的studio工作后，爸爸这样对Griet说：
“This is what you like best about your new life,” he said presently. “Being in the studio.”
Griet每天除了例行的采买、拖地、洗衣等活，还要去去studio打扫卫生，帮画家研磨颜料等，按照画家的习惯摆放各种物品，一来二去，就对画家有了特殊的感觉，pleased with this secret request.偷偷为画家工作，渐渐变成了俩人心照不宣的沟通方式，你不说，我不问，但我什么都懂：画家从不用语言表达自己的喜怒哀乐，经常从行动来表现，心情好了做起画来干脆利索，从不拖拖拉拉，心情不好就纠结满怀，不知从何下笔。。。
画家也渐渐发现Griet的好，不由自主的感叹，没想到自己有朝一日也会向仆人学习，越来越信任她，把平日亲力亲为的颜料的采买也交给她去买，因为他知道，交给她，他放心！
他也会为了保护她而与咸猪手交锋，代价就是悄悄为她画一幅画，但又不甘心仅仅为了买家而画，他要画属于她的画，非要她戴上妻子的耳环，而Griet，内心一再告诉自己这会回了自己的，不知道女主知道后会是什么后果，可是他既然提出来了，她就没办法拒绝，只能照办。
“His eyes are worth a room full of gold. But sometimes he sees the world only as he wants it to be, not as it is. He does not understand the consequences for others of his point of view. He thinks only of himself and his work, not of you. You must take care then！”
After a while, though, I admitted to myself that he had always cared more for the painting of me than for me.
热心的绅士好心告诫她，她自己也明白画家只是关注画里的她。可她身不由己，还是义无反顾的去买药扎耳洞，只是因为他想要她戴。。。
在怀春的年纪遇上令自己敬仰的他，并且俩人还这么契合，简直人生的灾难，理智现实的他们把“发乎情，止乎礼”做到了极致，在不对的时间遇到对的人，人生最大的痛苦莫过于此吧！
“Now you know the world a little better you can see there’s no reason always to keep your hands clean. They just get dirty again.Cleanliness is not as important as you thought back when you were a maid,eh？”
公公的话虽然带有明显的讽刺意味，但话糙理不糙，阳春白雪到下里巴巴，生活还要继续：
There were many things I’d had to get used to.
生活就是适应各种不适应的过程，风云过后是风平浪静的劫后余生，这样的生活更值得珍视！
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