The Moral Vision
Social Behaviour
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knowledge of palmistry as a pretext to hold her
hand and then kiss it. After this very disturbing
affair, she had come to feel apprehensive about the
behaviour of other agents, and refused to allow any
of them even to enter her clinic.
When Mr. Ajwani was on the point of setting off on
a business trip which was to take him to this very
city, he told his director that he was confident that
he would get orders from this lady doctor. The
director told him not to be so naive, for everyone
knew that this was a sheer impossibility. Her
attitude was so well-known that none of the agents
had the remotest hope of ever meeting her, far less
of receiving orders from her.
Undaunted, Mr. Ajwani set off. In the plane, he
found himself seated next to an elderly lady who
was obviously of a good family. They had hardly
taken off when the old lady had a sudden fit of
coughing. Some sputum came into her mouth and
she became quite flustered. Mr. Ajwani, seeing how
awkward she felt, quickly placed his handkerchief
in front of her mouth so that she could spit into it.
Then he went to the bathroom and disposed of it.
