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Dumela Mma
Dumela Mma
Please, enter. I am the detective
Please, go in.
A very comfortable chair.
Good. It is important for people who have uncomfortable things to talk about
to talk about them in comfort.
And even them it takes time to open up.
Yes. It takes time.
Look. I will make us a cup of bush tea.
There is no problem so great it cannot be solved by a cup of bush tea.
Just forgive me if we are disturbed at some point by a visitor.
I'm expecting a young secretary this morning.
Apparently, she achieved the highest result
from the Botswana College of Secretarial and Office Skills
96% - 97%. In fact.
Do you know the lady in question?
I am the lady in question!
I was expecting someone...
younger
Perhaps, younger. When someone says "secretary"
... an image springs to mind of someone ...
... in a tight skirt, who very soon will be disgracing herself
under a desk with her boss in ways that God only knows
how she could still look at herself in the mirror.
Not quite.
And not always.
But often.
I cannot tell you the number of times
I have applied for jobs with my 97%
and found myself in competition with a girl with 42%
and a very short skirt, and every time
it is the short skirt who gets the job.
I'm sorry to hear that
It is the way of the world.
It is the way of the men's world
But this is the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency
I will give you a month's try and
if you are a good secretary.
I think I've mentioned .... 97%
Indeed, you have.
which is ... unprecedented
I'm sure it is.
I will start work straightaway
at any case it will allow me to type up.
Dumela Mma
Dumela Rra
Thank you, Rra. I don't think we need to take both typewriters.
We are not yet, as it were
in authentic typing needs
Quite so, but in this imperfect world
I was only able to locate two typewriters
and both have problems with certain letters.
But I sincerely hope that between the two machines
you'll be able to type every word you need.
You are a dear friend, Rra.
-No, you are.
and so dear to me.
No, honestly. That means nothing.This is just a small thing.
Can I ask a small question in between
this discussion none of my business
about who is a dear friend and who is not
just to check the century?
Excuse me?
Is this the 21st century
or did I sleep without realizing into a time warp?
What are you talking about?
At Secretarial College, in history class
we were told of a former time
before computers, when typing was done
on machines and our country was called
Bechuanaland and dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
And that is someone at the door.
Excuse me
I'll go