Santiponce-Lancha, Lancha-Andújar, Andújar-Puente Nuevo Central Station. Central Station, with the Telephone Exchange!

Moments of waiting, punctuated by successive clicks and dialing impulses. Soon, there it was: the desired voice. Neither the struggle to understand nor the pressure of the receiver against the ear mattered; what mattered was that, after all the manual switching, there was the colleague.