08:07. Returns to writing desk. Sees cell phone. Seizes, activates, presses 9-1-1. Hears: "You have reached the Center for Research in Media. At the tone, please leave an extensive message."

08:08. Terminates connection. Punches long-distance access code. Hears: "These are the names of the trees. The larch, the oak, the chestnut, the elm, the ash, the maple, the hickory, the pine, the yew, the locust, the fir, the cedar, the birch, the walnut, the willow, the beech, the cherry, the sweetgum, the alder--" Rings off.