101 Conversations in Simple English

26. The cooks

Then, Lawrence Windsor calls down the two cooks, Liz and Jacob, who are married. Both of them are around 60 years old. They have been working with Lawrence Windsor’s family since they were young. They care for Lawrence a lot. He is like a son to them.

Liz: Good morning.

Alice: Hello! It’s a pleasure to meet you.

Jacob: The pleasure is ours.

Alice: I would like to know if you saw something strange yesterday, on the day of the robbery, something out of the ordinary.

Liz: Hmm…. I don’t think so. Everything was the same as usual. What do you think, Jacob?

Jacob: It was a very quiet day. We didn’t cook anything until the evening.

Alice: No one ate before dinner?

Lawrence Windsor: I didn’t have lunch at home because I went out to visit some friends.

Alice: And Mariana?

Liz: I spoke with Mariana at midday. She wasn’t hungry. She was very excited about a new comic…. That girl loves her comics! She reminds me of her father with his art collection.

Alice: Okay. One last question. Is it the first time that things have disappeared from the house?

Liz: No, come to think of it, it’s not! Things have been disappearing a lot lately. Just a week ago, a beautiful and very valuable silver salt shaker disappeared….