In the text it seems as the point of view is Jane’s, even though she isn’t the narrator. The narrator is only showing Jane’s thoughts to the reader. “Her reference had sounded all right, so Jane thought she would give her a try”. In this quote you read Jane’s thoughts, without her telling it. “‘Anywhere you like.’ As long as you get them off my hands”. And this second quotation this showing it better, because you really see what Jane thinks, without her talking directly. It is the narrator who only has an interest in looking only in Jane’s thoughts.
This is way you can conclude that the narrator is an omniscient third person narrator, because the narrator is able to see inside the minds of the characters he wants, and tell us how they feel and think. But very often, just like this short story, the third person narrator uses limited point of view, focusing only on one character in this way.
The story also starts in media res, because we are not given the events in chronological order. In Beggarland we are presented to Greta’s letter in the beginning, and that Jane want to give her a try. It is first a few lines under, we hear about the last au pair who had shot off with her boyfriend. The in media res isn’t that big, but it is defiantly there. After the in media res opening, the story continues in chronological order, almost. There is a few jumps or gabs in time, but only with a few hours. “Ben screamed when they came in at six”. You aren’t told about the hours that Greta and the kids are away. “Next day Ben ran to her.” And here the narrator jumps to the next day, properly to skip a lot of boring information while they all characters are a sleep.
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