Do not under any circumstances call me up, but I will call you again when I think fit.

Bear in mind that the reward of both you and Muller shall be large, if you serve me well in this most important matter." "Yes, Your Highness.

I thank you now." "Keep it in mind, always." "Yes, Your Highness." His Highness, Prince Karl of Auersperg, replaced the telephone stand upon the table in his bedroom at Zillenstein, and John Scott hung up the receiver in the hunting lodge on the mountain.
"It was Prince Karl," he said to Julie, who still stood motionless looking at him.

"He wanted to know if you were safe and comfortable and I said yes.

He said he would call us up again but he won't." He lifted a chair and shattered the telephone to fragments.
"It might afford a peculiar pleasure to talk with him," he said, "but it's best that we have no further communication while we're here.