I talked to my mother about you, she laughed. I talked and talked and talked. I told her all about you. Of course she knows your family and she thinks that your parents are nice. I asked her to talk to my father about you. I’m sure that my mother will agree to the engagement, but I’m not sure about my father.
Samira had two older married sister and two younger brothers, but Samira was her father’s favourite child. He wanted her to marry a rich man, a man from an important family like himself. I tried to sound happy, but I was worried.
'My father asked your father about his new job and now they're talking about your exam results. My father thinks that you're very clever ... Now they're talking about what job you could Lake.'