In the short story "The Pocketbook Game" was about this black woman named Mildred ,who was carrying a conversation with her friend Marge about a situation involving Mrs.E., a lady she works for. Mildred tells Marge how Mrs. E.always holds her pocketbook close to her every time she is around. So Mildred tells Marge how she got back at Mrs.E. . . Mildred, the maid, retaliates comically by staging a similar show of pocketbook anxiety. Running back to the apartment from an uncompleted errand to grab her purse, she shows Mrs. E. the folly of her actions. She sarcastically answers: That's all right Mrs. E. . , I understand. Cause if I paid anybody as little as you pay me, I would hold my pocketbook too.