Will You Do Me A Favour?

Alice: Hello, Mike! Have you been waiting long? I’m so sorry I’m late.

Mike: Now when you’re here it’s all right..

Alice: I say, Mike, I’ve just had a wire from Mary. She’s coming by the five-twenty train. And I have a meeting at five. Will you do me a favour and meet her at the station?

Mike: Certainly. But I’ve never seen her. How shall I recognize her?

Alice: Oh, it’s quite easy. She’s just like her mother.

Mike: Most helpful, I’m sure. But the problem is that I’ve never seen her mother either

Alice: No, you haven’t. But I’m afraid I haven’t any photos of her.

Mike: Try to describe her. What does she look like?

Alice: A tall, slim girl of eighteen with an oval face.

Mike: Complexion?

Alice: Rather pale.

Mike: Hair?

Alice: Fair and curly. Light-gray eyes, a small snub nose, a big mouth with white even teeth and a pleasant smile.

Mike: I’m sure there’ll be at least a dozen girls like that at the station.

Alice: Oh, Mike, we’ve been discussing it for the better part of an hour and I see no end to it.

Mike: But how am I to recognize her in the crowd?

Alice: Oh, I forgot. There’s a dimple in her left cheek, she’s so lovely that you’ll fall in love with her at first sight.

Mike: That’ll help me to be sure. Go to a meeting, promise to be on a platform at five sharp, looking for a tall, slim, fair-haired, lovely girl with a dimple in her cheek.

VI. ADDITIONAL TOPICAL VOCABULARY

APPEARANCE

General

The human body