picked up the ’phone and dialed ME-7-1212

August 9, 2014 Part Two: The Wife He went into the bedroom and sat down at the desk and picked up the ’phone and dialed ME-7-1212. He listened breathless to the breathless voice, with the oddly questioning lift at the end: “When yew hear the sig-nal, the tie-yum will be seven-fifty-fie-yuv and thrrree-quar-ters.” He did not wait for the signal, he said “Thank you” automatically and hung up. All Excerpts From The Lost Weekend Charles Jackson & Blake Bailey Category: Fiction & Literature 5 Ratings