hello-o-ah

Updated: April 30, 2025

Gilbert's voice, soft as maple syrup running into a glass container, had for him a quality of horror in its single "Hello-o-ah?" "Miss Gloria's not feeling well. She's lying down, asleep. Who shall I say called?" "Nobody!" he shouted. In a wild panic he slammed down the receiver; collapsed into his armchair in the cold sweat of breathless relief.

F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald - The Beautiful and Damned