-Yes, of course, Mrs. Howard, I mustn’t boast, but it really is [bad word] to have such a hardworking boy as Robert.
- You needn’t apologize, Mrs. Parker. It’s very natural for you to feel proud. Will he go to the University, do you think?
- Well he may or he may not. You see we can’t really tell until he takes his scholarship examination.
- Oh, but I’m sure he’ll win a scholarship
- Yes, we hope he will. He’s done well in all his exams up to now. But we daren’t count on his winning one. If he doesn’t win a scholarship he may go a Technical College
- Would he like to do that? What’s he studying now? Is he studying science?
- Yes, and I think he’s getting on quite well at it. He’s certainly working very hard. Why this very afternoon although it’s such a fine day, he’s been down at the library, working all the time.
- Hello, Mum. Good afternoon, Mrs. Howard. It’s a lovely day, isn’t it? Well, the Rovers won, Mum.
- The Rovers, Robert? Why, where have you been?
- At the football match, of course.
- Haven’t you been at the library?
- No.
- But I thought…
- Don’t worry, Mrs. Parker. library is quite the wrong place for a boy on such a fine afternoon.