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She went over to where the kitchen phone sat, picked up the receiver and dialled a number she had dialled approximately several thousand times.
'Hey bozo, meet me, usual place, just as soon as.' She replaced the receiver.
'And they say the art of conversation is dead,' commented Hitch, shaking out the newspaper.
Mrs Digby looked at Ruby and shook her head. It's a crying shame,' she said. 'All life's good manners and fine etiquette gone to the pot. I tried to raise this child a nice child, but I probably got to accept failure here.
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