nine-o

Updated: June 26, 2025

And her face flamed scarlet, as hastily she lifted the receiver to her ear. The armature buzzed sharply. Then Central's voice cut the stillness. "Hello! Nine-o-five-one?" "Yes...." "Wait a minute." She waited, breathless, in a quiver. The silence sang upon the wire, the silence of the night through which he was groping toward her.... "Hello! Is this Nine-o " "Yes, yes!"

Louis Joseph Vance - The Brass Bowl