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Jack: No, I ·don’t think so; | ·just about on time. Which one did you think I was ·catching, ·then?

Mab: Wasn’t it the ·one that 'gets ·in at 'five ten?

Jack: No, that’s ·Saturday’s only. Hadn’t ·Ann told you?

Mab: Oh, of course she ·had; how silly of me to have for·gotten it. Anyway it 'doesn’t matter. What luck your ·managing to ·get a·way just ·now. How’s Ann?

Jack: Not too bad; a bit over·come by the heat.

Mab: Hasn’t it been awful. I hate storms, | but I was 'quite thankful to ·hear the ·thunder ·last night, | and after a shower | it hasn’t been quite so ·bad to day. I sup pose it’s been ·even worse with you.

Jack: Like an oven. I’ve been com pletely ·flattened out.

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1. Carson: Pass me that card, Bart.

Charley: Which ·card?

2. Barclay: What did Arthur ·do in Ghana?

Parkes: He worked on a farm.

3. Martin: I asked 'Archie yesterday.

Gardener: And‚ what was his answer?

4. Barton: Was Arnie’s 'car damaged?

Carter: Scarcely marked.

5. Parker: Shall I pass them to Martin?

Hart: Pass them to me, ‚rather.

6. Bartlett: Parker’s on the phone.

Hardy: Ask him a·bout my car.

7. Garth: Margie’s 'asked us to tea.

Parnell: How perfectly charming of her!

8. Margetts: Aren’t you 'Archibald Smart?

Smart: Well, if it isn’t old Margetts!

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Barney: I say Arthur. Seen ·anything of 'Garth Rance ·recently?

Martin: Garth Lance?

Barney: No, Rance with an R.

Martin: Who’s 'Garth Rance, may I ask?

Barney: Don’t you re member? The man who 'gave you those driving lessons last March.

Martin: Oh, him. No, I’m af raid I haven’t. Why d’you ask? You don’t need more lessons, ·do you? I ·thought you passed your ·test.

Barney: 'So I did, later in March. No, I don’t ·need lessons. Margie ·does.

Martin: But didn’t you 'say your father was ·teaching her?

Barney: He was, | but he literally 'couldn’t 'stand the pace. Margie has no con·ception of speed, | and if you’d seen her 'tearing round Regents ·Park, | you’d have said she was com·peting in an 'inter'national car ·race, | rather than having ele mentary in'struction in ·handling our 'poor old car.

Martin: So Margie’s 'pretty confident, | is she?

Barney: Confident! | That’s putting it mildly. Anyway, | Father stood up to this ·hurricane ·treatment of the car rather well, actually. But when yesterday | dear old Margie | started taking the car to ·pieces, | Father 'threw in the sponge.

Martin: So that’s why you were ·asking about Garth ‚Rance. Let’s hope he’s 'fully in sured.

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1. Hobbs: It’ll cost a 'lot of dollars.

Thomas: Obviously.

2. Cox: Where’s John’s copy?

Rodd: Don ·took it ·for him.

3. Bond: Dodd’s gene'rosity is as tounding.

Mock: Is it gene·rosity do you think?

4. Ross: ·Moll’s being very obstinate.

Croft: Then you be ·obstinate, | too.

5. Goble: What about ·Hobb’s offer?

Bonnett: Was it an ·offer in ·fact?

6. Collins: You’re a pompous ass, ·Tom.

Dodwell: Well, really, ·Rodge!

7. Boswell: I’ve for·gotten to buy a blotting-·pad.

Folliott: Well, ·need you bother about ·having ·any?

8. Golton: Tom’s having cocoa. What for you, ·Ron?

Nox: I’d pre fer a cup of coffee.

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Oliver: Come and have some coffee.

Offord: What’s the time?

Oliver: Ten to four.

Offord: We shall have to be quick, ·then. I’ve got Mrs. 'Ockham ·coming to see me. Where are we going?

Oliver: Roger’s, I sup pose.

Offord: No, let’s go ·somewhere else. The coffee there’s getting 'worse and worse.

Oliver: You are too fussy, Offord. What about a ·place in Popham Street?

Offord: All right. Come on. Have I ·got my ·ciga rettes? Yes, | I’ve got them.

Oliver: Oh, ·that re minds me; | I don’t ·think I ·brought mine. I’ll just go back for them – I shan’t be a minute.

Offord: No, don’t bother. I’ve got enough for the present.

Oliver: Very well. Off we go, then.

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1. Your daughters are 'all tall.

2. This per formance 'always ‚draws a 'large audience.

3. Have you ·read the ex'traordinary ·story they are 'all talking a·bout?

4. That tall ·girl’s my daughter.

5. I a dore her 'more and more.

6. Could you 'show me the 'shortest ·way to the port?

7. I caught a cold | when I walked a·long the shore.

8. They can't ·afford to ·buy any more.

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1. Morston: Mort was rather a bore to·night.

Gorton: Isn’t he always?

2. Thorner: We still ·need his sup port, | don’t we?

George: More than 'ever be fore.

3. Saunders: You haven’t ·brought e nough of them.

Mortimer: I shall be ·bringing some ·more ·later in the morning.

4. Porter: What an ex traordinary shawl!

Small: What’s ex traordinary about it?

5. Swan: Ac cording to George | they have re ported it.

Waters: It’s not im·portant, | is it?

6. Horner: Why, it’s ·Mr Corbett! | How are you?

Corbett: Good morning, Mr ·Horner. Fine, thank you.

7. Norton: It was your fault.

Dawson: My ·fault?

8. Lawton: I call on 'Gordon 'every morning.

Sawyer: Every ·morning?

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1. Would you 'like a'nother ·lump of sugar?

2. Would you 'wait till I’ve 'had 'time to look for it?

3. Put this ·book 'back in the bookcase.

4. You wouldn’t ·like a 'wooden whistle½that wouldn’t whistle,½ would you?

5. You’d better 'put ·on your 'woollen pull-over.

6. Who 'took my cook-book?

7. Would you ·like some 'sugar ·cookies with your pudding?

8. Fuller’s the 'last ·person to 'want to bully you.

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Sue’s ·fondest 'childhood memories are as'sociated with a 'small hut½ set deep in the woods. A little 'brook ·ran nearby,½ and there were many 'cosy nooks½ where she could hide among the bushes.