101 Conversations in Simple English

8. A suspicious man

Natalie and Alice leave the shop to go back to the hotel. Before getting a cab, Alice tells Natalie that someone caught her attention in the shop.

Alice: There was a strange man in the shop.

Natalie: You mean Robert Green?

Alice: No. There was another man, a customer.

Natalie: What did he look like?

Alice: He was tall and he was wearing a hat…. There he is! He’s the one leaving the shop now.

Natalie: Do you think there’s something suspicious about him?

Alice: I don’t know. There is definitely something strange about him….

Natalie: Do you think he’s the thief?

Alice: I don’t know, but I’m worried.

Natalie: Why are you worried?

Alice: Because that man in the hat knows that there are very valuable drawings in the shop.