"Rupert might not like that," she said.
"I suppose not," he said. "Ah, well . . ."
"Can you do some work for us, Oliver? Our mailing list is in hopeless shape. We bought a computer, but no one knows how to do anything but type letters on it."
"You want me to set up a database?"
"I suppose that is what we need."
"How soon?"
"Umm . . ."
"Yesterday, right?"
"Well, sometime soon, at your convenience."
"As it happens," Oliver said, "I've got time in the next couple of weeks. How about if I come over Tuesday, say—around nine?"