“Presently. I still am hoping to hear something of more definite significance.”
One minute passed. It brought no sound over the wire.
The silence then was broken by a voice which Nick knew must be that of the exchange operator addressing the person who had rung him up.[Pg 3]
“Did you get him?”
No answer.
Nick waited a moment longer, then cried abruptly:
“Hello, central!”
“Well?”
“This is Nick Carter talking. I can get no reply from the party who rang me up. What’s the trouble?”
“There should be none. The circuit is not broken.”