Madame Sousatzka (2013)
“There was a telephone in the room, too. Marcus only noticed it because of its strange position. Jenny’s gas-ring had a double burner, and the ‘phone stood on the jet next to the kettle, and Marcus often wanted to light the gas underneath to see if it would start ringing. Jenny was the only one in the house who had a private ‘phone. The dirty Countess who lived in the basement, Mr Cordle, even Madame Sousatzka, who was after all the landlady, had to resort to the telephone box on the first landi...ng, armed with pennies and adaptable accents. Somehow it never occurred to Marcus to ask Jenny why she had a ‘phone of her own. He probably felt that Jenny was entitled to something that the others didn’t have. In any case, Marcus had never heard it ring, never on a Friday anyway, so perhaps she looked upon it as an ornament. Which was why he was startled this Friday when suddenly, only a few minutes after he had come into her room, the telephone started ringing. Jenny was surprised too, and she got up quickly from her seat, and turned off the kettle as she picked up the receiver, as if the operation of the one depended on the non-operation of the other.MoreLess
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