Gossips

Catherine: Samantha Roth is only thirty.

Ruth: Is she? I thought she was thirty-three.

Catherine: Samantha’s birthday was last Thursday.

Ruth: Was it? I thought it was last month.

Catherine: The Roth’s house is worth six hundred thousand.

Ruth: Is it? I thought it was worth three hundred thousand.

Catherine: Ross Roth is the author of a book about moths.

Ruth: Is he? I thought he was a mathematician.

Catherine: I’m so thirsty.

Ruth: Are you? I thought you drank something at the Roth’s.

Catherine: No. Samantha gave me nothing to drink.

Ruth: Shall I buy you a drink?

Catherine: Thank you.