A woman's voice answered, "Hello?" Walter cried back at her, "Hello, oh Lord, hello!"" This is a recording," recited the woman's voice. "Miss Helen Arabian is not home. Will you leave a message on the wire spool so she may call you when she returns? Hello? This is a recording. Miss Helen Arabian is not home. Will you leave a message -"He hung up? He sat with his mouth twitching. On second thought he redialed that number." When Miss Helen Arabian comes home," he said, "tell her to go to hell.

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