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These combined influences led him to make short work of getting rid of this unkempt and unseasonable caller . `` No , sah , '' he said . `` Miss Mayo don ' receive no callers at dis yere hour . No , sah , Sam don ' come on tell eight o'clock . No , sah , I cai n't take no messages to no ladies what ai n't out dey beds yit . I got to perteck dese yere folks , I has , '' he ended austerely . The caller peeled a bill from his ever-ready roll , and the face of the building 's guardian angel changed and softened .