The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry (2013)
“It was half an hour since Ivy and Roy went off into the store. Ivy had said a few minutes, hadn’t she? Ah, well, they had probably been held up by an overzealous salesman. He would give them another five minutes, then go and check that they were all right. He had been taxiing them around for a long time now, and was fond of the old couple. He wouldn’t want them to come to any harm.
• • • “EXCUSE ME,” SAID the young man who had been trying out the four-poster. Sam, the cheerful sales assista...nt, looked hopeful. But the young man wanted only to point out that the lift wasn’t working. “My wife’s expecting, and feels a bit dizzy. We need to get out into the air as quickly as possible.”
“So sorry. Best to use the stairs, if you need to hurry. That lift is very unreliable. I do apologise. When is the baby due?”
“Any minute now, if we don’t get out of here. We’ll be off down the stairs. Come on, love, hold on to me.”MoreLess
• • • “EXCUSE ME,” SAID the young man who had been trying out the four-poster. Sam, the cheerful sales assista...nt, looked hopeful. But the young man wanted only to point out that the lift wasn’t working. “My wife’s expecting, and feels a bit dizzy. We need to get out into the air as quickly as possible.”
“So sorry. Best to use the stairs, if you need to hurry. That lift is very unreliable. I do apologise. When is the baby due?”
“Any minute now, if we don’t get out of here. We’ll be off down the stairs. Come on, love, hold on to me.”MoreLess
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