i can't wait to see them.
thank you.
my nephew, david.
his parents died when he was very young. he is like a son to me. i have no children of my own.
david is very protective of me. of course, i don't mind. i enjoy his company. a few years ago he started working with me at the university. i teach chemistry. my name is ben, by the way.
a pleasure, arthur. what do you do?
these tubes in my arm. no one said they would itch like this.
well, we'll see. looks like i'll be here for a while. i didn't want to alarm my nephew just yet, but this break in my leg.  well, we'll see what the doctor says.
don't be offended if i keep talking anyway. it beats wondering if i'm ever going to walk again. i tell you, my friend, the ways of god are not meant to be understood.
excuse me, young man.
you're a fine boy to visit your grandfather like that.
is that right? well, you are a good friend to him. tell me, is he bad off? he doesn't talk much.
that is good news, indeed. tell me, from the way he speaks i'd guess he's been naturalized, like me. is he?
i was only in germany once. i'm polish. originally, i mean, i'm from radom. i wonder if he was in the war.
it doesn't matter, i suppose. it was a long time ago, the war. soon in this country we may have a president born after the war was over. how about that?
your friend is lucky to have you. a great man once said, 'no man is an island entire of itself.'
good-bye.