If she'd said anything like "I have to get back to my elderly patient" or "I'm late picking up the kids" or "Something urgent has come up," I'd let her go.
"O ka bo a sa swa," ba ipolelela jalo, "fa fela nka bo ke ile ka mo isa kwa ngakeng ka bofefo" kana "ka mo isa kwa ngakeng e nngwe" kana "ka mo dira gore a tlhokomele botsogo jwa gagwe thata."