When a police dispatcher called back, a man who answered the phone said everything was fine and hung up.
Dortmunder waited, not moving, but the phone didn't say anything else.
I appreciate your effort," said the President as he hung up the phone.
Sometimes Kate answered the phone but said she was busy and couldn't talk.
He reached for the phone without looking at it, said: "Hello."
Ewing was on the phone with his son saying he had one last plan to get back at another wealthy man.
"Just wait," said Dixon once more before he put down the phone.
The woman who answered the phone said he wasn't home, then hung up.
When he phones, just say that you're my secretary, and take the message.
"The lady that answered the phone said the guy who owned the house before her died."