" Three times! Three dull blows at Betsy’s heart. He must have ’phoned her twice before he came over to the Rays, and probably once after he left. She couldn’t remember that Tony had ever ’phoned her. He wasn’t a telephone addict as some of the boys and most of the girls were. "

― Maud Hart Lovelace , Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy #5-6)