The second story I would like to comment on is "Another Evening at the Club". This story is about keeping up appearances in a particular social status. The girls father is a clerk in the Court of Appeals and the family is of lower social status than the girls husband, Abboud Bey. Abboud is an Inspector of Interrogation and holds a high social status. He is concerned with what everyone else thinks. "he had reminded her that she was marrying someone with a brilliant career in front of him and that one of the most important things in life was the opinion of others, particularly ones equals and seniors." (Page 383) After their marriage the girl loses an emerald ring. Not knowing what to do she waits until her husband comes home. He, in turn, accuses the servant girl of taking the ring and calls the police. The next day, the wife finds the emerald stuck between the leg of the dresser and the wall. In order to keep their social status and not make fools of themselves, Abboud takes the ring to sell it. "-or would you like me to tell everyone: Look, folks, the fact is that the wife got a bit tiddly on a couple sips of beer and the ring took off on its own and hid itself behind the dressing table?" (Page 385) Here, the wife is portrayed as an innocent character. She knows nothing about keeping up a social status. She seemed to fear her husband and at the same time she wanted to make the situation right. Right for her would be admitting the mistake and freeing the servant girl, but righting the situation for her husband means doing whatever he can to make sure no one else knows about it....
