Unnamed Telephone Operator 1

Character Key Number: 
1907
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Unnamed Telephone Operator 1
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Unnamed Telephone Operator 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

This telephone operator is heard in Sanctuary as "a detached Delsarte-ish voice" that informs Horace his call to Miss Reba has ended (268). (Francois Delsarte was a Frenchman whose instructions for proper pronunciation became famous at the end of the 19th century.)