Chapters 12-14 Summary

Obi's father writes that his mother is hospitalized again and that he needs to discuss an urgent matter. Obi realizes word has reached him about Clara being an osu. As Obi tries to concentrate on work, Green dictates a letter to Tomlinson and tells him that after fifteen years in Nigeria, he cannot understand how a student could expect the Government to support not just himself but his girlfriend. He does not expect Obi to agree with his condemnation of greed.

Obi and Christopher go to the Roman Catholic convent in Apapa to play tennis with two Irish teachers, Nora and Pat. Weeks earlier, they teach the girls to dance the high-life and have dinner in Christopher's apartment. Obi is paired with Nora, the less attractive of the two. She rebuffs a passionate kiss, saying for Catholics it is a sin...