Ambiguity

" 'I must get a bath.' (pg 163)"

For some reason, Brett repeats this line on a regular basis. Sometimes, it is in different words, but the message remains the same. This is ambiguous because you could take it as Brett being consientious of her hygiene. I personally take it as she feels dirty. This leads back to my other theory of Brett beng a prostitute. That "profession" would make anyone feel dirty and the sketchily-worded phrases she uses make me feel more and more certain that she is a "woman of the night". It is made quite clear that this life decision has no effect on the friendships she has with the men in the book, but one must consider that they are also men. They may even be past clients that she particularly got along with. Either way, she plays an important part in the novel in the sense that it seems to be her relationship with the two main men in the book that is driving a wedge between them. They both blindly love her despite all the men she claims to be in love with.