I have read that the volcano Vesuvius suffered six paroxysmal eruptions in the nineteenth century
In 1839 1850 1855 1861 1868 and 1872
I believe the next one was in 1906
What has this got to do with the Brompton Road Nelly
Nothing at all
Then why bring it up
Do you know that the Brompton Road runs from Knightsbridge to the Fulham Road
Yes I live here
Your parents are quite well off are they not
You could say that
Daddy owns a publishing house
You should know that as you work there
Have your parents ever climbed Vesuvius
I am not sure I know that they have visited Pompeii
Look over there
Where
By the coffee shop
What am I supposed to be looking at
That cyclist that chap in yellow was pushed off his bike by the man in the black car
Why did he do that
I am not sure
Probably road rage
Is the cyclist okay
He looks to be anyway he has attracted a crowd
The cops will be called
But nothing will happen
Do you know that if you over cook or over boil vegetables the vegetable salts will be lost
My mother taught me to be gentle with vegetables
Do you know that the square root of 1253 is to eight decimal places 35.39774004
How do you know that as you normally terrible at sums
Somebody had written in on the junction box near the tube station
And you remembered it fully
I wrote it in my diary
You do not keep a diary
In a parallel universe I keep a diary
In a parallel universe the cyclist would not have been knocked off his bike
Do you like pampas grasses
I have never really thought about it
Mummy had some in our Richmond garden
Yes I remember them
They were brought to Europe from South America and New Zealand
My brother told me a joke about vegetables
Tommy or Tim
Tommy
Then it is probably distasteful
It is
Do you want to hear it
Not really
What part of a vegetable can you not eat
What vegetable
It does not matter
The core or the leaves or the skin
You have not specified the vegetable so I have no geography
The wheelchair
The wheelchair
That is a sick joke Nelly
I know but you are smiling
Shut up
You are you are smiling
Fuck off I am not
At this time if I believed in coincidence then a troubled person in a wheelchair would pass us and you would feel ashamed
I have looked on both sides of the street but I cannot see any wheelchairs
Lots of buses and people but no wheelchairs
What are you doing this weekend
Popping down to the coast to see Jayne
I need some sea air
London is so grubby
I shower twice a day bit still feel grubby
What are you doing Cathy
Studying for my exams
When are they
June
Not long then
I feel that I have not even started
You will pass them
I wish I had your confidence
All my friends pass exams that is why I befriend them
Kisses
What
Kisses
I can see Phillip waiting for me
He is so loyal
You do not deserve him
Kisses
See you on Tuesday
I will be by the tube station as normal
Same time same place
Kisses
Enjoy the sea
I will
Give my love to your parents