— Hello, Tom, glad you’re back. We all missed you.
— Oh, hello, Edith, I missed you too. 6
— Fine, thanks. I’ve been working on the summer paper over the past two weeks, and now it’s nearly finished. 7
— Yes, I was in Italy for two months.
— How did you manage it? I thought you were only going to stay for a few weeks.
— 8 But it was easy. You see, I got a job.
