"Is that you, T.X. ?" "That's me," said the Assistant Commissioner, commonly.
"It's John Lexman speaking." "I shouldn't have recognized your voice," said T.X., "what is wrong with you, John, can't you get your plot to went ?" "I want you to come down here at once," said the voice urgently, and even over the telephone T.X.recognized the distress.

"I have shot a man, killed him!" T.X.

gasped.
"Good Lord," he said, "you are a silly ass!".