He opened it at the same time the high, thin voice called, inviting him in.

He could still hear his own voice, thin and righteous.

"I want to believe that," she said in a thin voice.

A thin high voice would have fitted him, but his was deep and full.

When the thin voice spoke again he listened and could understand most of the words.

"This be different from any you have seen before," she said in a voice too thin for the rest of her.

And one was calling to him in a thin, high voice.

There was a long pause before a thin low voice came up the line.

The thin female voice came across the speaker phone clearly.

"Take care of the men and horses first," a thin but strong voice said.