1 Jim had a comfortable flat with little two rooms, small kitchen and bathroom.
2 Jim didn't want to clean his flat, so he decided to find someone else to do it instead of him. At the factory Jim was told about Mrs. Roper by his fellow workers. One of the workers said that Mrs. Roper came and cleaned his flat, and he would introduce Jim to her.
3 Jim left a message in the dust that he was coughing whenever he breathed because everything in his room was very dusty.
4 Mrs. Poper left Jim the bottle with message on it: "Cough medicine".