He is sick.

Woman: Elizabeth Martin speaking.
Man: Dr. Martin, my name is Mark Johnson. My roommate, Benjamin Jones, is in your art history class. Umm, Art History 502?
Woman: Yes.
Man: Well, he is sick and won’t be in your class today. He asked me to bring his term paper to your office.
Woman: OK. The paper is due by 3 o’clock.
Man: I have a class from 1 to 2. I’ll bring it to your office after my class.
Woman: Well, I have a meeting this afternoon. So you can drop it off with the secretary of the art history department. She’ll see that I get it.
Man: OK. Oh I almost forgot. I’m a biology major. But my advisor told me that I need one more humanities course to graduate. I’ve noticed that you are teaching a course on landscape painters next semester. Could you tell me a little bit about it?
Woman: Sure. Well, it’s a course for non-art majors. We’ll be looking at several different painters and examining their works. We’ll also look the history and politics of the era in which they lived.
Man: That sounds interesting. What else is required?
Woman: There is no final exam. And there is only one required book. But each student has to give a major presentation about the individual painter at the end of the course.
Man: Hmm. It sounds good. Will you be in your office later today?I’d like to talk to you some more.
Woman: Well, my meeting’s scheduled to last all afternoon. Why don’t you stop by tomorrow? Any time in the afternoon. My office is in the fine arts building right next to the library.
Man: Thanks. I’ll do that.