Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

"Garage Affairs". In the first part of the chapter, Mma Ramotswe visits Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors with the intention of confessing to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni what she has promised Mma Makutsi. She worries that he will be upset, but has confidence that his kind nature will enable him to forgive her. When she arrives, however, she is surprised to discover that Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has left for the day and left his two apprentices (who in the past he has described as lazy and useless) in charge. The older apprentice seems to take great pleasure in telling Mma Ramotswe that Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has, for the last ten days, taken much less interest in his work, and has also been told by a parts supplier that unless he pays his bills, his supply is going...