M: Hello, Lucy. This is John. Look, could you do me a favor? I' ye tried to phone nay wife six times and I can't get through. The line is busy all the time. Could you possibly go next door and give her a message?
W: Sure! What do you want to tell Mary?
M: Could you just say I've mn into an old friend and 1' m staying with him. I' m not at the hotel and I'll give her a ring later.