I was at the long-distance phone.
"Hildreth!" I cried, hearing her dear voice....
"Oh, how good, how sweet, my love, my life, it is to hear your voice again ... tell me you still love me!"
"Hush, Johnnie, hush!" answered a far-away, strange voice ... "I'm writing you a long letter ... somebody might be listening in."
"Did you see in the paper about Mrs. Suydam?"
"Yes, it was a terrible thing."
"—if we had only written to them!"
"—that was what I thought!"
"Shall I come to the city now? My book is finished. I'm a real author now."