Having gone to his secretary’s apartment, Mr. Biggs was astonished to wake up and find that it was three in the morning.
“My God!” he shouted, “My wife is going to kill me!”
Unsure of how he would explain it, he ran to the nearest pay phone and called his wife.
“Honey!” he began, “Don’t call the cops and don’t pay the ransom. I escaped!”
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