Settings: It took place at the Oriental Plaza in Johannesburg, a shopping center owned by Indians.
Main character: Mrs. Nebo
She was a wife to Mr. Clive Nebo who is designed as the Foreign Minister in the new government. She had a medium height. Heavy loins and a smoothed-skinned complexion can also be a description of her. good friend was Margaret, whom she goes shopping with. Mrs. Nebo had a lot of money and usually pays by cheques. Having to be an impotant man's wife, she believed that everybody had to respect her.
Plot
The silk scarf short story talks about a rich wife of the man Clive who is going to be the foreign minister in the new government. Mrs Nebo and her friend Margaret went for shopping at the shopping centre of Oriental Plaza in Fordsburg. They bought shoes, jewelry Mrs. Nebo went there to buy herself some clothing’s. Mrs. Nebo was a rich woman as she was a wife of a man who was going to be the foreign Minister in the new government. One of the dresses she bought needed a matching scarf. She strolled around the center and at last came across a scarf that matched her dress. She took it and just realised she did not have enuogh money in cash to pay for the dress and had a cheque instead but the man selling the scarf does not accept cheques. Her friend told the seller that he should realise that he was talking to an important person. The seller told them that it was a rule he set and it applied to all people. This became a misunderstanding and Mrs. Nebo felt disrespected and the other Indians selling there as well, were afraid of being involved in this problem. Cause they did not want to face her husband who was in such a high position. They tried to talk him out of this problem he was causing but that did not work out instead they bought the scarf for her just settle matters.
Main character: Mrs. Nebo
She was a wife to Mr. Clive Nebo who is designed as the Foreign Minister in the new government. She had a medium height. Heavy loins and a smoothed-skinned complexion can also be a description of her. good friend was Margaret, whom she goes shopping with. Mrs. Nebo had a lot of money and usually pays by cheques. Having to be an impotant man's wife, she believed that everybody had to respect her.
Plot
The silk scarf short story talks about a rich wife of the man Clive who is going to be the foreign minister in the new government. Mrs Nebo and her friend Margaret went for shopping at the shopping centre of Oriental Plaza in Fordsburg. They bought shoes, jewelry Mrs. Nebo went there to buy herself some clothing’s. Mrs. Nebo was a rich woman as she was a wife of a man who was going to be the foreign Minister in the new government. One of the dresses she bought needed a matching scarf. She strolled around the center and at last came across a scarf that matched her dress. She took it and just realised she did not have enuogh money in cash to pay for the dress and had a cheque instead but the man selling the scarf does not accept cheques. Her friend told the seller that he should realise that he was talking to an important person. The seller told them that it was a rule he set and it applied to all people. This became a misunderstanding and Mrs. Nebo felt disrespected and the other Indians selling there as well, were afraid of being involved in this problem. Cause they did not want to face her husband who was in such a high position. They tried to talk him out of this problem he was causing but that did not work out instead they bought the scarf for her just settle matters.
