"Can't you see," she called impatiently, "that there's no one there ?" "There will be some one!" he shouted in reply, and fell to pounding so vigorously that she thought the glass would surely break.

But it did not; after a while the window flew up and an angry face just escaped a blow from the vibrating umbrella handle.

A violent altercation followed, the operator raging, but Craig more uproarious than he and having the further advantage of a more extensive and more picturesque vocabulary.
Finally the operator said: "I should think you'd be ashamed of yourself.
Don't you see there's a lady present ?" "It's my wife," said Craig.

"Now take this message and get it off at once.

You should thank me for not having you dismissed." The operator read the message.