I have noticed that when someone asks for you on the telephone and, finding you out, leaves a message begging you to call him up the moment you come in, and it's important, the matter is more often important to him than to you.


Cakes and Ale (1930), opening line


I have noticed that when someone asks for you on the telephone and, finding you out, leaves a message begging you to call him up the moment you come...

I have noticed that when someone asks for you on the telephone and, finding you out, leaves a message begging you to call him up the moment you come...

I have noticed that when someone asks for you on the telephone and, finding you out, leaves a message begging you to call him up the moment you come...

I have noticed that when someone asks for you on the telephone and, finding you out, leaves a message begging you to call him up the moment you come...