W: Can you read it, please? My hands are wet with all this washing.

M: Well, OK. "Dear Sally and John. Thanks for your letter. It was good to hear from you. Just a short note in reply. I was happy to hear that you two will be in town in January. I think that is the first time that you will have come to visit us after your marriage. Please do call me when you arrive so that I can pick you up at the station and then we may have dinner together in town. In case you don't have my number, it's 7807842. I look forward to meeting you soon. Yours, Tom."

What was said before this conversation?


M: Sally,here is a letter for us. It's from Tom.