[originaltext]M: By the way, Christina, when is Nancy going to leave for New Yo

M: By the way, Christina, when is Nancy going to leave for New York?
W: She is already gone. She left last Friday.
M: The office won’t seem the same without her. But we certainly gave her a great farewell party.
W: Yes, but was it really a surprise?
M: Well, I think so. Didn’t you ask everyone not to say anything about the party?
W: Of course I did. But I think somebody gave the surprise away.
M: Who would do anything like that?
W: Mrs. Sampson might. You know she can’t keep a secret. And she and Nancy are such good friends.
M: Didn’t you warn her to be careful about what she said?
W: I told her not to say a word.
M: Well, surprise or not, I’m sure Nancy had a good time. She was smiling and laughing all evening.
W: And crying a little too. She asked everyone to come and visit her in New York.
M: And everyone was asking her to write or to call, or best of all, to come back’.
W: We’re all going to miss her. Just about everybody in the office working for Nancy in the
correspondence section.
M: Yes, and she is a true friend and always tries to help everyone.
W: It won’t be too long before I see her again. I’m going to New York next month, and she invited me to stay with her.
M: That’ll be wonderful. Anyway, she’s still working with the same company. So I’m sure we’ll get to talk to each other on the phone pretty often.