I dialed your number. Three rings. Then I hung up. Some nights nothing followed. Some nights, hours later, the telephone rang three times and stopped. The fourth ring never came. Three rings. Then nothing. Hours later, three more. Some months, more than once. Then nothing for weeks. When we talked, we talked as usual. The three rings never came up. Three rings. Then nothing. Hours later, three more. One night I called again. Three rings. Then I hung up. A few minutes later, three rings. Not hours. A little later, I did the same. Three rings. Then nothing. After that, it happened less often. A week. Sometimes longer. Then three rings on another night. Three rings. Then nothing. The next time we spoke, we talked about something else.
