Chapter 10, The Gilded Parrot. Barabal and Lorcan, have found temporary refuge in a seedy quarter of downtown Chicago, in a house which Barabal believes might be a refuge for homeless young women, like herself. There, in the Gilded Parrot, Madame La Douceur and her girls, Yvette, Georgia, and Nadia, take Barabal in hand and open her eyes wide. But do they have ulterior motives in treating her so kindly? Might a temporary refuge become a permanent abode?