The chapter begins with Tambu's wonder-filled car ride to Babamakuru's house and the mission itself. We get a sense of awe emanating from Tambu, who I imagine to be staring, agape, at the mansion presented before her. We see this also from her reaction to the fine china, the dining room and kitchen, and especially from the living room, where she said she would've been overwhelmed if she hadn't been prepared for it. Her ideas on modesty are also shown when she declines a very fancy biscuit in favor for a much plainer, regular one, although she really wants a fancy one herself.
On the flip side of this, the author goes back to her own perspective at the time of writing and gives us a more depressing view of a much more derelict home than her younger self was described as seeing. There was a pane of glass missing from the kitchen, the house got red dust in it frequently, the colors did not match and contrasted badly. Meanwhile, Nyasha seems to get even worse, and back talks harshly to her mother when she catches her daughter reading an adult romance novel. (we find that detail out later). Tension mounts as Nyasha and Tambu begin to become friends within a household of dissent and disunity.
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