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　　“Yes, I'll be ready at nine. Goodbye dear, and thanks again.” Mrs Robson 1 the receiver and crossed the hall into the 2 . It was not an easy telephone call for her to make. Her daughter had been very kind. She 3 immediately agreed to pick her up, but Mrs Robson 4 to admit that she needed help. Since her 5 died ten years ago, she had 6 herself on her independence. She lived in the house alone and 7 to go and live with her daughter.

　　But this evening, she was 8 at the living room, staring out at the “SOLD” 9 in the small front garden. Her feelings were 10 .

　　Naturally she was sad at the thought of 11 the house, as it was full of so many 12 . But at the 13 time she was looking forward to 14 her last years near the sea, back in the little seaside town 15 she had been born. With the money from the sale of the house, she had bought a little 16 there.

　　Her husband had always been very fond of this house. She hadn't been 17 here, but it didn't 18 as much to her as it had to him. Recently 19 of the people who lived in the street had moved away, and it was this that made her decide to sell the house.

　　The next morning Mrs Robson would 20 the house for the station in her daughter's car.