Some hours later when the 'phone rang, Mary went to explain that the doctor had 'phoned her he would be out about twenty minutes. But she found no chance to speak. A spirited dialogue was taking place between a young man and a maid:
“Where are you, Jack?”
“I'm right here.”
“Smarty! Where are you!”
“In Dr. Blank's office.”
“What are you there for?”
“I'm waiting for the doctor and to while away the time thought I'd call you up.”
Then it was his ring that Mary had answered. “I ought to hang this receiver right up,” thought she, but instead she held it, her face beaming with a sympathetic smile.
“Are you feeling better today, Dolly?”