With her free hand she waved him to silence and spoke, still smiling, into the mouthpiece.
"You're sure I won't do?
I believe I could qualify, and I want--" "If you please, this is not a public--" But she waved her hand again impatiently and listened, engrossed and smiling.

"Oh, just because I wanted to hear a human voice, I guess.
I'd forgotten what a phone looks like, and so when I heard ...

No, I am not a tourist.

I'm a neighbor, and I'm the lonesomest neighbor in these mountains....

What ?...