Vladimir Nabokov. Signos y símbolos
Vladimir Nabokov. SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
The receiver was gently cradled. Her hand went to her old tired heart.
"It frightened me," she said.
He smiled a quick smile and immediately resumed his excited monologue. They would fetch him as soon as it was day. Knives would have to be kept in a locked drawer. Even at his worst he presented no danger to other people.
The telephone rang a second time. The same toneless anxious young voice asked for Charlie.
"You have the incorrect number. I will tell you what you are doing: you are turning the letter O instead of the zero."
They sat down to their unexpected festive midnight tea. The birthday present stood on the table. H