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unearths some literary gems.
From Pass the Gravy, by Erle Stanley Gardner:
***[This is a fun twist on ESG's "slamming up the telephone" trope. Private detective Bertha Cool has been engaging in an elaborate charade of taking an imaginary telephone call, in a belabored, sarcastic demonstration of "oh, sure, let's just turn away business, why don't we?"]Bertha pretended to slam up the telephone.***She sucked in her breath as a prelude to some outburst of indignation, but I didn't wait for it to mature.***
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