Lesson 39 Am I all right?
Dr.Millington refused to tell his patient,Mr.John Gilbert,whether his operation had been successful.The next day the patient telephoned Dr.Millington and inquired about a certain patient,Mr.John Gilbert.The doctor answered a number of questions about the patient and then asked whether the caller was a relative.The caller then told him who he was.
lesson 40 Food and talk
The writer sat next to Mrs.Rumbold at the dinner party.He tried to make conversation but she was busy eating.He talked about the new play at ‘The Globe’and about the holidays.She answered his questions briefly.Then he asked her if she was enjoying her dinner and she answered,‘Young man,if you ate more and talked less,we would both enjoy our dinner.
lesson 41 Do you call that a hat
The writer's wife was trying on a hat but he did not like it.He sat down and waited for her.Then they began arguing again.He had bought a tie the day before but his wife did not like it.‘A man can never have too many ties,’he said.His wife used exactly the same argument and bought the hat.It looked like a lighthouse.
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