Troubled Midnight
“She never gave the number when she answered, like most people did. They’d say, Flaxman 46789 bold as brass, but a policeman had told her, “Never do that. Never give your number because unscrupulous people will call you at random, check the number, ask for your address then use it to your disadvantage.” Julia didn’t really understand how they’d use it but at the time she’d trusted the cop. Wrongly as it turned out, but that’s another story.
Sadler was in a telephone booth downstairs on the groun...d floor of the hotel, close to the big reception area and near the restaurant where he had eaten earlier. He still had a few hours work to do on his report, but there was plenty of time for him to finish it.
“Mopsy?” he said when Julia answered.
“Who do you want?” she said, recognising his voice.
“I want Mopsy Flanders. Oh, lord I think I’ve got a wrong number.”
“Yes, I think you have, there’s no Mopsy here, and no Flopsy either.”
He apologised, half-heartedly, and hung up.”MoreLess
Sadler was in a telephone booth downstairs on the groun...d floor of the hotel, close to the big reception area and near the restaurant where he had eaten earlier. He still had a few hours work to do on his report, but there was plenty of time for him to finish it.
“Mopsy?” he said when Julia answered.
“Who do you want?” she said, recognising his voice.
“I want Mopsy Flanders. Oh, lord I think I’ve got a wrong number.”
“Yes, I think you have, there’s no Mopsy here, and no Flopsy either.”
He apologised, half-heartedly, and hung up.”MoreLess
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