air. Then she brought itdown on his head, with a resounding thud that made the children start.Josiah buckled under the blow. Mma Mothibi now came round to hisfront and pointed at his open fly. Then she raised the Bible and struck himon the top of the head again, even harder than before.That was the last time that Josiah bothered Precious Ramotswe, orany other girl for that matter. For her part, Precious learned an importantlesson about how to deal with men, and this lesson stayed with her formany years, and was to prove very useful later on, as were all the