她认为，有时候道歉是最好的，即使一个人真的没有道歉。 MMA Ramotswe相信，如果只有人们会尽快而不是稍后，就可以避免很多不和谐和不快乐。但这不是人们的样子。因此，骄傲经常妨碍道歉，然后，当有人准备好说对不起时，已经为时已晚。
(There were times when an apology was best, she thought, even when one really had nothing to apologise for. If only people would say sorry sooner rather than later, Mma Ramotswe believed, much discord and unhappiness could be avoided. But that was not the way people were. So often pride stood in the way of apology, and then, when somebody was ready to say sorry, it was already too late.)