Come on, just doing his job. The phone rang and he was responding to this message:
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Then he took off on his assignment.
Or playing Solitaire and drew the Red King of Hearts. The one his daddy programmed in his head at the Ladies Garden Club meetings.
“Yes, Daddy”... (er, “mother”).