LESSON 29

UNIT 15 It's a mystery to me! LESSON 29 Welcome home, Jack! Did you have a good trip? It was OK. But it was all about babies and food! Babies? How many babies? Two. Marcel's deputy had a baby two months ago. And Pierre's secretary is going to have a baby in June. They have nine months off work each time! Well, it happens. That's life! True.

And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris. Yes, it is. I like the French attitude to food. It's very civilised. I agree with you, Daisy. They're nice people. They're also very efficient. But how do they do it? How do they have time for a civilised life and for work as well? It's a mystery to me!