Persistent

I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.

'Hello, Nigel,' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here!'

'Hello, Elizabeth,' Nigel answered. 'I was just wondering how to spend the morning - until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you?'

'No, not at all,' I answered. 'I'm going to...'

'Wouldn't you like to come with me?' he asked, before I had finished speaking.

'Actually, I'm going to the dentist,' I said.

'Oh, what a pity!' Nigel said. 'Then I'll come with you. There's always plenty to read in the waiting room!'

我穿过马路以便避开他，但他看到我并朝我跑过来。若再装作没有看到他已是没有用了，我只好向他招手。我就怕遇到奈杰尔.戴克斯。他从来都是无事可做，不管你有多忙，他总是坚持要跟你去。我得想办法不让他整个上午缠着我。

“你好，奈杰尔，想不到在这儿见到你。”我说。

“你好，伊丽莎白，”奈杰尔回答说，“我正不知道怎么消磨这一上午呢，正好见到你。你不忙，是吗？”

“不，不忙，我打算去……”我回答。

“你不想同我一起去吗？”没等我说完话他就问道。

“其实我打算去看牙医，”我说。

“噢，太遗憾了！”奈杰尔说，“那我也跟你去，候诊室里总有很多东西可供阅读！”