Chapters 18 and 19 Summary

"The First Step". Narration describes how Mma Ramotswe spoke to the members of the Government Man's family, then drove back home, past fields and landscapes newly refreshed and renewed with rain. She stops at the house on Zebra Drive, where she is greeted happily by the children (who are full of news about exciting happenings at school) and by Rose (who gives her some lunch and tells her that Mma Makutsi needs to speak with her right away). Mma Ramotswe immediately telephones Mma Makutsi, who tells her that the agency has just received a large fee as the result of the successful resolution of a case. Before Mma Makutsi can go much further, Mma Ramotswe tells her to call the Government Man and make an appointment for a meeting that afternoon. Mma Ramotswe then hurries into the agency, and is happy...