Nell: What are you doing in the living room?
Me: I couldn’t sleep. I had to come downstairs and then Dave asked to see some photos.
Nell: No, he didn’t. He’s just Being Kind and Supportive.
Me: Alright, I wanted to show him some photos and he agreed.
Nell: Of what?
Me: The little cottage in the middle of nowhere.
Nell: Why?
Me: Because the estate agent called.
Nell: And?
Me: And they accepted our offer.
Nell: On the little cottage?
Me: Yes.
Nell: In the middle of nowhere?
Me: Yes. It’s our new home.
Nell: Now I need to see the photos, too.
Me: That’s the view from the living room and that’s the view from the garden
Nell: The weather seems very warm in the middle of nowhere.
Me: I took the photos in the summer when we went there with Alice and the children.
Nell: I haven’t even been there and it’s my new home.
Me: I know. We’ll take you. Don’t worry.
Nell: Well, this is rather exciting.
Me: All we need now is the two surveys to go well.
Nell: Two?
Me: Yes. The one on our house today and the one on the little cottage.
Nell: Are we being evacuated again?
Me: No. We just have to keep out of the way.
Nell: Shame. I thought I could show the surveyor around.
Me: That’s very kind of you, but I think they prefer to be left alone.
Nell: Well, the little cottage in the middle of nowhere isn’t alone anymore.
Me: No. That’s what the estate agent said when she told me. We both agreed it had been left alone for far too long.
Nell: It’s a cottage. It doesn’t have feelings.
Me: Yes, it does, Nell, and it’s happy just like me. Sorry.
