she informed blaise that mrs. buffington ( kitty ) had informed her that mr. buffington had abruptly left on an extended excursion to europe with a cadre of his gaudiest buyers and that left mrs. buffington alone and in need of an escort to some sort of guilty cowboy / sad indian art cultural soire put on by members of the city council and most of the chamber and the usual rabble from the business community and social circles that were perpetually trying to prove that oklahoma city was a town `` on the grow '' and worthy of corporate relocations and investments .