“I am very sorry that I said unkind things about Mma Potokwane,” he confessed. “I’m ashamed of the words I used.” Mma Makutsi had to admit that his words were surprising, and quite unlike him. But, she thought, we all think such words from time to time, and occasionally thought stronger words than that; and she felt that one should not be too hard on those who actually uttered them. Even Mma Ramotswe must have her moments when…She stopped herself. No, she could not imagine Mma Ramotswe ever thinking uncharitably about somebody else—although, now that she came to think about it, there were
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