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MAN:

I'll say, I'm very, very upset to hear that Mrs. Smith isn't well. She is very important in this community, Mrs. Smith. She's one of the pillars right here.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

I'll tell you what, she's been very good to us as well. We were on holiday, in fact, about four years ago, I think it was in Fuerteventura. And we got stuck in one of them- I think it might have been a- it was either a pilot or an handling strike, you know, baggage handling, that kind of thing.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

And we couldn't get back. And the fact is, the only number that my wife had in her diary of anybody of our neighbours was Mrs. Smith. Because, as I said, she's been one of the pillars around here. And my wife gave her a ring.

You know what? She looks after our allotment for 10 days- 10 extra days that we would have been here looking after it, watering all my veg, the carrots and, you know me, my tomatoes, which would have died because it was a very hot summer that year, I'll tell you what.

But she, she looks after the lot of them. And we didn't lose a single thing. Because she- every day, she took herself down there- and she's got a bad hip as well.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

I'm very upset to hear that she's not well. I'll tell you what, my wife is going to be upset as well. She's going have to go around to the hospital and see if she's all right.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

In fact, I'd better do that myself now. Because if I don't let my wife know, she'll be upset that I didn't let her know and that she didn't go down to the hospital. You have to- oh, dear. I'm really upset about this.

I'll tell you what, now then, I better go. But it's been nice talking to you anyway. I've got to go because if I don't tell my wife, she'll be right upset.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

Very nice to talk to you.

WOMAN:

Yeah.

MAN:

Welcome to the road. Look after yourself. Nice to talk to you. Bye-bye, love.

WOMAN:

Oh.