Hi, Samantha. Do you have aminute?
Hi, Richard. Come in, please.
I've been trying to get hold of you all afternoon.
I was at the weekly managers' meeting. How are things?
Oh, splendid. I have somenews.
Good news?
Wonderful news...to me, anyway! I've been offered a job for three years as an assistant to Prof. Hayes from Birmingham University. I'll join him in Mexico City. What do you think about that?
Wonderful, Richard! Just what you've always wanted, isn't it? Does it mean that you'll leave soon?
Next week. But before I go, I'd like to invite you out for dinner - just to thank you for all the help you gave meduring my three-month research work here. Would tomorrow evening be a good time for you? We can go to the Shanghai Restaurant in Chinatown.
Fine with me.