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`` Thanks , awfully . '' Mr. Daney felt better after that brief interview . He had clasped hands with sin and felt now like a human being . He went directly to the local telephone office and placed his New York call with the chief operator , after which he sat in the manager 's office and smoked until ten o'clock , when New York reported `` Ready ! '' `` You young ladies , '' said Mr. Daney , addressing the two young women on duty , `` may take a walk around the block . Port Agnew will not require any service for the next twenty minutes . '' They assimilated his hint , and when he was alone with the chief operator Mr. Daney ordered her to switch the New York call on to Mrs. McKaye at The Dreamerie .