In the evening she sees the Commander, who surprisingly only wants to play Scrabble and get a chaste kiss. Months pass. Offred and the Commander meet often, and the Ceremony becomes more fraught for Offred now that she and the Commander know each other. After a shopping trip one day, Serena Joy tells Offred to have sex with Nick in an effort to get pregnant, and Offred agrees. Offred and Ofglen attend a Prayvaganza, celebrating arranged marriages.
Afterward, Serena Joy shows Offred a photo of her daughter. Offred spots Moira across the room, and they meet in the bathroom. Moira reveals that she spent many months on the Underground Femaleroad before she was captured. Offred and the Commander get a room and have sex, and Offred has to fake arousal. Time passes, and Offred sees Nick often. The following day, a new Handmaid comes for the shopping trip with Offred.
She says that the old Ofglen committed suicide when the Eyes—the Gilead secret police—came to get her. The Marthas, domestic servants running the home, dress in green, a colour associated with nature but also cleanliness and health — medical organisations frequently use green as a colour of healing.
Traditionally used to symbolise death and threat, used by Atwood as the primary colour for the Eyes and their vans. Buy Now.
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