Part I: Section 15 Summary

Nadi is already cooking for the forthcoming feast for their newlywed daughter's return while Behrani was still eating breakfast. He gives the carpenters a $50 bonus for their professional work on the widow's walk and pays $150 to a Corona lawyer, who had said that his papers were in order and that no one could force him to sell. He notices that Nadi has hung a photo of himself and General Pourat-taken at Reza Shah Pahlavi's palace-on the wall. He knows that this is to remind others of the caliber of people they are.

Part I: Section 15 Analysis

Behrani plans to drive down the hill to Corona to purchase "tasteful" furniture for their new widow's walk. It is important that others not forget his rank. He is again pleased by his wife's changed behavior.