31.   The phone went dead.

32.   The phone went dead, said his son, Richard Tomlin of Grandview, Mo.

33.   The phones went dead.

34.   Then the phone went silent.

35.   Then, the phone went dead.

36.   What happened, apparently, was that the phones went absolutely wild in the offices of Pataki, Silver and Bruno.

37.   You are left to wonder, while the phone goes whir, click and then begins to play a recording of a requiem written for dead German kings.

38.   Phones went unanswered at all of the three spy equipment shops listed in the Manhattan directory.

39.   A scream follows, then the phone went silent.