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A long-distance telephone conversation about six o'clock in the / afternoon between two voices usually so even and composed that the / little pulse of excitement beating through both as they speak now seems / perilous, unnatural. One is Mr. Severance's thin cool speech and the / other -- most curious, that -- seems by every obsequious without being / servile, trained and impassive turn and phrase to be that of that / treasure among household treasures, Elizabeth.
"My instructions were that I was to call you, sir, whenever I was next / given an evening out."