About an hour later, when the telephone rang, Mrs. Bixby was across the room so fast she had the receiver off the hook before the first ring had finished.

大约一小时后，当电话铃一响，比克斯比夫人就快速的穿过房间在第一声响铃停止之前就拿起了听筒。

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The little moron was waiting for a telephone call and couldn't wait any longer; so he took the receiver off the hook and left a note.

小傻瓜正在等电话，等得不耐烦了，他将听筒从电话机上摘下，留了个口信。

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