The Skeptical Romancer (32 page)
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Authors: W. Somerset Maugham
“Have you got Major Tompkins?” she asked the operator. “You’re quite sure you’ve got him? Is he on the line?” Then with concentrated fury, spacing out her words to make them more emphatic: “Tell – Major – Tompkins – that – I don’t – want – to speak – to him.”
With that she banged the receiver down on to the cradle.
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