{"product_id":"2940013683129","title":"Seven, Seven, Seven--City: A Tale of the Telephone","description":"I went to my telephone exactly at eleven o'clock on the night of December\u003cbr\u003e30th last winter to call up the editor of my paper. My  house was on the\u003cbr\u003ewest side of Regent's Park and the wire ran to the City telephone\u003cbr\u003eexchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApparently my line was switched into connection with the Fleet Street\u003cbr\u003eexchange. But delay followed. I was familiar with the peculiar hum caused\u003cbr\u003eby the induction on the wires, but that night the sounds were of an\u003cbr\u003eunusual character. The operator at the City office had given me an unused\u003cbr\u003ewire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs I awaited the answering signal to indicate that the desired connection\u003cbr\u003ehad been made, I heard two people talking in loud whispers, to me\u003cbr\u003eunintelligible. Then I heard a door, swinging on a squeaky hinge, hastily\u003cbr\u003eclosed with a muffled sound--a cupboard door. Then silence. One of the\u003cbr\u003epeople had entered the cupboard and closed the door. Then a knock,\u003cbr\u003eunanswered.\u003cbr\u003eImmediately followed a crash at the other end of the wire. I heard the\u003cbr\u003ebreaking in of a door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John!\" exclaimed a woman.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145767108848,"sku":"2940013683129","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013683129_p0.jpg?v=1763584451","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013683129","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}