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WOMAN:

Hiya.

MAN:

Oh, hello.

WOMAN:

Hello, Mrs. Smith that lives at number seven-

MAN:

Yes.

WOMAN:

- she's not very well and she's been taken into hospital.

MAN:

Oh, dear.

WOMAN:

Do you know if someone's looking after her cat? Because I can get access to a key and look after the cat if anybody needs me to.

MAN:

Oh, well, I'm very upset about Mrs. Smith being not well. She's one of the best people on the street. She's a founder member of all sorts of things in the community.

WOMAN:

Oh, yeah.

MAN:

She's a real pillar of this particular street, Mrs. Smith.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

I'll have to have a word with my wife about her. Because we'll have to go and visit her in the hospital.

WOMAN:

Oh, by all means-

MAN:

Because you know what? She's been fantastic with us.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

Yeah, I was on holiday with my wife about five years ago, I think it was.

WOMAN:

Oh, yeah.

MAN:

And there was one of them strikes, you know? I think it was a handling strike or it could have been a pilot strike.

WOMAN:

Right, yes.

MAN:

And she looks after our allotment for us.

WOMAN:

Oh, she did?

MAN:

Nearly lost all our veg. Yeah, she was fantastic, she were. And everything in the greenhouse.

WOMAN:

Oh, bless her.

MAN:

It was a really hot summer, that one.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

And we nearly lost it entirely. And if it hadn't been for her, we'd have had nothing.

WOMAN:

Oh well, if she looked after that, is there any way you might be able to help me out with maybe looking after her cats?

MAN:

Oh, anything for Mrs. Smith, yeah.

WOMAN:

Yeah. I just wondered if you could maybe ask around to see if anybody else was taking care of the cat. Because I'm happy to do it. But I don't want to double up if someone else is doing it. Don't want to step on any toes.

MAN:

What, you want me to ask around?

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

Well, I'll tell you what.

WOMAN:

Yeah?

MAN:

I do know her neighbour. I think her name is Betty. Yeah, well, I'll tell you what then. I'll get a hold of Betty or I'll get my missus to get a hold of her. And Betty can let you in. How about that?

WOMAN:

That'd be great, yeah.

MAN:

Yeah.

WOMAN:

Thank you.

MAN:

All right, well you're at number what?

WOMAN:

I'm at number 11. So if you have a word with Betty, see what's going on.

MAN:

I'll have a word with my missus. She'll get hold of Betty. I'll come at you, number 11.

WOMAN:

That's it. That'd be lovely.

MAN:

Fantastic, no problem.

WOMAN:

Appreciate it. Thank you.