hello julian darling! i shouted down the phone, but the person on the other end told me to hold on and went to fetch the real julian. i'm sorry if i've scarred your poor brother, i said humbly, when julian came on. (on the other hand, i'm always asking for su-lin when she answers the phone because her mother and both her sisters sound exactly like her. there's no getting it right.) but i comfort myself with the memory of von who once boomed, IT IS I! down the phone, and then, a second later, said in a meek voice, sorry, can i speak to eugene please?