Chapters 9-11 Summary

Working with Green and Omo proves better than Obi expects as he sees little of them but shares an office with Green's attractive English secretary, Marie Tomlinson. At first, Obi suspects she may be a spy, but slowly lets his guard down. Tomlinson watches closely as a Mr. Mark, dressed like a new arrival from England, visits Obi to talk confidentially. Seeing her, Mark switches to Ibo to ask assistance getting his sister, who has recently received a School Certificate in Grade One, a Federal Scholarship to study in England. Obi takes offense, terminates the interview, runs Mark's "forgotten" umbrella after him, and pretends to concentrate on a file to avoid talking with Tomlinson. Obi feels wonderful, having overcome his first temptation. It is almost on par with his first sexual experience in England. He recalls, however, the words of a...