Spring Cleaning

This dialogue is a conversation between Master Jervis Pendleton and Mrs. Judy Pendleton. They've been married for 6 months and this is their first spring cleaning.

M.J.: Judy, dear, you look a bit tired. What have you been doing all day?

J: I've been cleaning the whole house, I said I was going to. You know it is the custom to give the house a special clean in the spring.

M.J.: Sounds great, but I thought you hate cleaning since the very moment you left the asylum!

J : That's true. Being the oldest orphan I had to bear the brunt of it. You know, every floor must be spotless, every chair dustless and every bed without a wrinkle!

M.J: Oh, my poor thing! But much water has flown under the bridge since then.Now you are my wife, Judy. I wanted you to wait until the weekend, so that I could help.

J: But Jervie, it was just about time , the furniture has been looking shabby for months. So I took all the loose covers off the armchairs and I washed them.

M.J.: Oh, Judy you shouldn't have been working so hard! We've got our new maid Merry, if I 'm not mistaken. Before I go off to my office, I want you give me a list of things that may be needed to buy. I guess that during this extra-housework you haven't missed the opportunity to get rid of unwanted valueless objects, have you?

J: Oh, what a sort of warm-hearted, careful and generous man my husband is! Surely I haven't. I was sorry for our new maid. I couldn't stand the fact that this young creature would have to do cleaning, dusting, beating of carpets, mats, and rugs alone. I just wanted to help her.

M.J.: If you can do it she can do it too. Now I am sure every effort is made to clean the house thoroughly from top to bottom. I wonder if our house doesn't look almost new in a few days!

J.: Sounds great! Sounds good! Sounds like fun! I like it! I like it a lot!

M.J.: I'm glad you like it! Oh Judy, don't you know who has been playing with my pipes? Three of them are missing.

J.: Yes. I gave three dirty old pipes to an old man at the door. You haven't been smoking them lately.

M.J.: But Judy, you've thrown out my three oldest and best pipes.

J.: Oh!

Our University

• Well, if it isn’t old Susan!

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• Just a second. I must have a pen to put it down. … Yes?

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• So long then.