k-look

Updated: June 9, 2025

Then I heard K-LOOK, K-LOOK, K'LOOK KLOOK-KLOOK-KLOOK-LOOK-LOOK! then a horrible "gritting" of teeth, and finally a piping female voice: Y-e-s? Without answering, I handed the telephone to the applicant, and sat down. Then followed that queerest of all the queer things in this world a conversation with only one end of it. You hear questions asked; you don't hear the answer.

Mark Twain - The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories