Well, that was a waste of time. We were just about to say “yes, we’ll have that house on the right. The hovel with a well, right on the six lane highway, opposite the Indian, and with a good two years worth of work to make it habitable.” And you know what, I called up the agent to make an offer, and he hummed, and hared, and then told me the old farm house had been sold five minutes ago. We can either gazump and go in with a much larger offer – or walk away.
