[The Black Box by E. Phillips Oppenheim]@TWC D-Link bookThe Black Box CHAPTER VIII 17/47
What do you think of that ?" The Professor shook his head. "Don't ask me," he groaned. French took the receiver from its rest and called up the exchange. "Inspector French speaking," he announced.
"Kindly tell me what is the number of the telephone from which I am speaking, and who is the subscriber ?" He listened to the reply and asked another question. "Can you tell me when this instrument was last used ?...
When ?...
Thank you!" The Inspector hung up the receiver. "The subscriber's name," he told them drily, "is Brown.
The number is not entered in the book, by request.
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