If anyone calls while I’m bathing take the number and tell them I’ll call right back.
– Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene 11. Before Blanche is taken away by the doctor to a mental institution, she shows signs that she is completely absorbed in her world of fantasy and madness. About to take a bath, she says that she is expecting a call from an old flame Shep Huntleigh, who she fantasizes is going to rescue her.