Why did n't somebody come in and choke him ? `` Know who 's speaking ? '' Oh , did n't she know ! Would n't she know that voice anywhere -- at any time ? `` It 's Ken -- is n't it ? '' `` Sure thing . I 'm here for a look-in . Can I come up to Ingleside tonight and see you ? '' `` Of courthe . '' Had he used `` you '' in the singular or plural sense ? Presently she would wring Jims ' neck -- oh , what was Ken saying ? `` See here , Rilla , can you arrange that there wo n't be more than a few dozen people round ? Understand ? I ca n't make my meaning clearer over this bally rural line . There are a dozen receivers down . '' Did she understand ! Yes , she understood . `` I 'll try , '' she said . `` I 'll be up about eight then . By-by . ''
Rilla hung up the ` phone and flew to XXXXX .
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