The price went up and up.
"My hammer's down at £33,000. Thank you, sir."
Tony Whittaker was the winner.
"Is that what you expected to pay?"
"No, I was told either 1,000 or 4,000."
"Why did you pay so much for it?"
"Well, I doubt she's called Cromwell Manor, and I thought it would look good on the wall even though it's a very expensive wall now."
Enthusiasts should be pleased that it's staying in the local area so significant to the story of the Civil War.
And that's the BBC News.
第二页:中英双语听力稿
An attempt to rescue a kidnapped British engineer and his Italian colleague in Nigeria has failed, and both are dead. The British Prime Minister David Cameron said early indications were that the hostages were killed by their captors before they could be freed. The men were kidnapped last May. British forces supported the Nigerian-led operation. Our correspondent in Rome Alan Johnston reports on the reaction in Italy.
一起试图营救在尼日利亚被绑架英国工程师和他的意大利同事的努力失败了,两人均已死亡。英国首相戴维德·卡梅隆说,早期的调查表明,两名人质未能获得自由就被其逮捕者杀害了,他们是上周五被绑架的。英国军队支持这次由尼日利亚领导的行动,BBC驻罗马记者Alan Johnston在意大利报道此事的反响。