101 Conversations in Intermediate English

62. The getaway

Laura is trapped outside a window where Chief Inspector Turner and the crooks can’t see her. She’s on the third floor, so she has no way of jumping down to the street without hurting herself. Just when it seems like they are about to find her, she hears someone calling her from below.

Peter: Psssstttt, psssstttt.

Laura: Peter… Shhhhhh… What are you doing down there?

Peter: I’ll explain later. Look… I’m going to try to get up this scaffolding to where you are.

Laura: Which scaffolding?

Peter: This one. It has a few cans of paint, so I’m sure the painters must have used it… Someone is opening the window. Climb! QUICKLY!

Man 2: Look! Someone is escaping on the scaffolding!

Man 1: Boss, shall we shoot?

Turner: Let her go. She will never have enough evidence to incriminate me!