I heard a lovely story about somebody who took (36)________on her husband. A young man picked up a copy of the Evening Standard one day and he was (37)________ through the ads for cars. He saw this car...a Rolls Royce four years old (38)________ for ￡25. .. so he assumed, obviously, that it was a (39)________mistake, but just in case, he rang up the phone number in the ad. A woman answered the phone, and he said "You’’ve got a Rolls Royce... advertised for ￡25, is that right" and she said "yes. " So he said "Well, could I come and see it" and she gave him the (40) ________and he went to see it, not (41)________believing it obviously; but on the other hand not wanting to miss an (42)________. So she showed him the car and it was a... four-year-old Rolls Royce in (43)________condition, not a mark on it. He started the car and it worked perfectly well. And... so it was worth about ￡40,000...And so he... sort of held his breath and then he said to the woman "Erm... and you want to sell this car for ￡25" She said "Yes." (44) ___________________. She said "That’’s all right. All I want is ￡25. "So very quickly he got out his wallet, paid her the ￡25. (45) __________________________. So he signed the bill of sale, and got into the car.
Because he couldn’’t bear not knowing, he asked just before he drove away: "But why Why are you selling this very valuable car for ￡25" "It’’s quite simple," the woman said. (46)__________________________.