"They would have to talk about that, said Mma Ramostwe. She feared that the investigation would produce a truth that would be far from simple in its moral implications. There were times when ignorance was more comfortable that knowledge."

Generally, people desire to know what is trully happening, even if it will sadden them. Here is what I have been wondering, much as Mma Makutsi did in the story:
If a lie is going unhinged, and everyone in the situation is happy, is the truth necesary?

The disturbed maid who works for Mr. JLB Matekoni hates Mma Ramotswe from the moment she enters the un-kept house by the Botswana Defense Club. What do you think peoples true feelings boil down to when assumptions are made so quickly as in this case? Are the maids first assumptions any better than the ones Mma Ramostwe has about Oswald Ranta when she first meets him?
Are correct judgements ok and wrong first assumptions mean and impatient? what makes them different? Is there a difference?

The morning after Mr. JLB matekoni's proposal he calls Mma Ramostwe to make sure he hadn't dreamed up this fantasy and that she had actually agreed to marry him. Have you ever had something so amazing happen to you that you had to " pinch yourself" to make sure that you were in reality?
OR
have you ever dreamed up something so realistic that you actually believed it happened?