The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike (2013)
“It’s Mr. Freitas. He’s down in town, at the Chevron Station. He wants to know how to get up here.” Her words, passing through her dazed, alcoholic personality, came to him so slowly that he could hardly wait to the end. He got up from his desk before she had finished her sentence; striding by her, he picked up the phone.
“Hello, Tony,” he said, with all the force and geniality he could create; he let it flow from him—it rolled out, pleasing him; his own joyfulness buoyed him up, swept him o...n. “How was the drive over our little hill?”
In a dry voice Anthony Freitas said, “Thank you, Runcible, it wasn’t too bad. I know it fairly well.”
Catching the man’s formality, Runcible made a readjustment. “You’re at the Chevron Station,” he said in a businesslike manner. “All right. I’ll be down there right away. Give me three minutes.”
“Good enough,” Freitas said.MoreLess
“Hello, Tony,” he said, with all the force and geniality he could create; he let it flow from him—it rolled out, pleasing him; his own joyfulness buoyed him up, swept him o...n. “How was the drive over our little hill?”
In a dry voice Anthony Freitas said, “Thank you, Runcible, it wasn’t too bad. I know it fairly well.”
Catching the man’s formality, Runcible made a readjustment. “You’re at the Chevron Station,” he said in a businesslike manner. “All right. I’ll be down there right away. Give me three minutes.”
“Good enough,” Freitas said.MoreLess
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