¹     Mr. Sutton had been in Sri Lanka for three weeks. He had been visiting his daughter. She worked in a school there. Now it was time for him to go home.
 
²     Mr. Sutton called the reservations clerk at the airport.
 
³     "Hello. This is Nimali with Eastern Airlines. How many I help you?" the friendly clerk asked.
 
⁴     "I need to make a reservation from Colombo to Boston, Massachusetts. That is Logan Airport."
 
⁵     "Yes, sir. We have several flights to Logan. What day are you planning to leave?"
 
⁶     "The day doesn't matter, but I would like to leave this week."
 
⁷     "What time of day would you like to fly, sir?"
 
⁸     "I would like to leave in the morning if I can."
 
⁹     "We have a flight to Boston Logan Airport leaving at 7:10 a.m. on Thursday. Would you like to reserve a seat on the flight?"

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