MAGGIE: Dear, did you bring the newspaper?
PAUL: Yes, of course. Here it is.. let’s see the announcements! “HOUSE FOR SALE. PRICE £25.000 – DEPOSIT £ 5000 – MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS: £220 MONTHLY FOR 25 YEARS – SITUATED : OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN – ACCOMODATION :GROUND FLOOR : SITTING ROOM, DINING-ROOM, HALL, CLOAKROAM, KITCHEN; FIRST FLOOR: 2 DOUBLE BEDROOMS, 1 SINGLE BEDROOM, BATHROOM. SMALL FRONT GARDEN, LARGE BACK GARDEN, GARAGE.” MAGGIE: let’s see this too.. “FLAT FOR SALE. PRICE £30.000-DEPOSIT $10.000 – MORTGAGE REPAYMENTS: £200 MONTHLY FOR 25 YEARS- SITUATED: NEAR TOWN CENTRE – ACCOMODATION: LARGE LIVING-ROOM, KITCHEN, SMALL SITTING-DINING ROOM, 1LARGE AND 2 SMALL BEDROOMS, BATHROOM; ALL WELL DISPOSED ON FIRST FLOOR OF RE-MODERNIZED HOUSE, CENTRAL HEATING”. Well dear, it’s more convenient for me to be in the centre of the town.
PAUL: It’s better for me to have a garden to work in at the weekends. The worst possible thing is a sedentary life …
MAGGIE: What’s the best for the children’s schooling, dear?
PAUL: The schools on the outskirts of town are just as good as, if not better than those in the centre of town …
MAGGIE: Yes, dear. Let’s go and look at both of them tomorrow!
- Scuole Medie