answer: #Person2# is going to travel to Europe for about three months, but #Person2# hasn't figured out how to deal with #Person2#'s apartment. #Person1# suggests #Person2# sublet it and recommends a colleague for #Person2#. #Person2# is thankful.
documents: #Person1#: You must be pretty excited about your trip to Europe. When is it that you are leaving?
  #Person2#: In just three weeks, and I am excited. But there are still a few things I need to do before I go.
  #Person1#: Like what?
  #Person2#: Like renewing my passport, going to the travel agency to buy my plane ticket and figuring out what to do with my apartment while I'm gone.
  #Person1#: You are not going to give it up, are you?
  #Person2#: No way. I'll never find another apartment around here. But I don't like the idea of paying three months'rent on an empty apartment, either.
  #Person1#: I don't blame you. Perhaps you could sublet it.
  #Person2#: Yes, but whom to?
  #Person1#: Mmm. . . let me think. Oh, I know just a person. An old colleague of mine, Jim Thomas, is coming here to do some research this summer, from June to August.
  #Person2#: That's exactly when I'll be away. It sounds ideal, as long as the landlord agrees.
  #Person1#: Tell you what, I'll be calling Jim late this week anyway, so I'll mention it to him then.
  #Person2#: Well, thanks, Bill. Let me know what happens. That extra money will really come in handy.