Calinda is quieter, darker, and has an interest in mysticism.

And Calinda understands Tilly's strange little sister, who sees visions--mostly visions of horror to come.

Cowley's sources illustrate how a grand compromise was achieved around 1900, as Carnival came to be patronized and selectively supported by administrative and commercial interests, while being largely purged of objectionable practices like stickfighting, collective brawling, neo-African drumming, and lewd calinda ditties sung in French creole.