She reached forward again, picked up the phone and rather hopelessly punched Ben's number, expecting to hear the detached voice of an automation inviting her to record a message.  Her spirits jumped when a man's voice answered - then slumped again when she realized that it was not Ben but his majordomo, Osbert Kilgallen. "Oh.  Sorry, Mr. Kilgallen.  This is Jill Boardman.  I thought I had called Mr. Caxton's home."